Levent Erkok <[email protected]> writes: > Hello all, > > I've been having a lot of trouble installing the binary-distro's on a > SuSE machine. Unfortunately, I don't have root privileges and thus my > options are rather limited. > > The problem seem to boil down to the use of the function > pthread_setname_np. It appears the problem was noted before, and Simon > Marlow added a corresponding configure check for platforms that do not > have this function. See here: > https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2014-October/006707.html > > Alas, none of the binary distributions listed on > https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_10_2#binaries seem to be > built against a system that does not have this function. So, I was > unable to install 7.10.2 successfully. > > Essentially, I'm looking for a binary distro on SuSE, or with a libc > that doesn't have the GNU extensions such as pthread_setname_np; if > anyone would be kind enough to put out such a binary distro, that'd > really be appreciated. > > (Yes, I tried building from the source; but in the corporate > environment with so many things controlled, that did not go very far.)
You could try the Nix route, which, conceptually, would boil down to: 1. Installing the Nix package manager into your $HOME on the SuSE system 2. Use Nix to install GHC Which expands to: 1. Following the instructions at: https://nixos.org/wiki/How_to_install_nix_in_home_%28on_another_distribution%29#PRoot_Installation 2. Invoking: nix-env -iA haskellPackages.ghc This would require only HTTP access, which, I presume, should be available within the corporate environment. All the packages from Hackage can be had precompiled from Nixpkgs, but that's slightly more involved and requires some reading: http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#users-guide-to-the-haskell-infrastructure Should you meet trouble, you can always seek help either at [email protected], or on the #nixos/irc.freenode.net IRC channel -- both have a vibrant nightlife^W Haskell community. -- с уважениeм / respectfully, Косырев Серёга -- “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list [email protected] http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs
