I got there by doing, ``` cabal v2-install --installdir=~/.cabal/bin alex cabal v2-install --installdir=~/.cabal/bin happy ``` and things seemed to be going smoothly enough after that.
On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 12:08 PM Carter Schonwald <[email protected]> wrote: > V1 or v2 install? > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 11:42 AM George Colpitts <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> https://www.haskell.org/ghc/blog/20190825-ghc-8.8.1-released.html says >> >> cabal-install users should note that cabal-install-3.0 or later is >> required for use with GHC 8.8. >> >> but this seems wrong or have I done something wrong? >> >> $ cabal install cabal-install >> cabal install cabal-install >> ... >> >> Resolving dependencies... >> cabal: Could not resolve dependencies: >> [__0] trying: cabal-install-3.0.0.0 (user goal) >> [__1] next goal: time (dependency of cabal-install) >> [__1] rejecting: time-1.9.3/installed-1.9... (conflict: cabal-install => >> base>=4.8 && <4.13, time => base==4.13.0.0/installed-4.1...) >> [__1] trying: time-1.9.3 >> [__2] next goal: stm (dependency of cabal-install) >> [__2] rejecting: stm-2.5.0.0/installed-2.5... (conflict: cabal-install => >> base>=4.8 && <4.13, stm => base==4.13.0.0/installed-4.1...) >> [__2] trying: stm-2.5.0.0 >> [__3] next goal: process (dependency of cabal-install) >> [__3] rejecting: process-1.6.5.1/installed-1.6... (conflict: >> cabal-install => >> base>=4.8 && <4.13, process => base==4.13.0.0/installed-4.1...) >> [__3] trying: process-1.6.5.1 >> [__4] next goal: pretty (dependency of cabal-install) >> [__4] rejecting: pretty-1.1.3.6/installed-1.1... (conflict: cabal-install >> => >> base>=4.8 && <4.13, pretty => base==4.13.0.0/installed-4.1...) >> [__4] trying: pretty-1.1.3.6 >> [__5] next goal: network (dependency of cabal-install) >> [__5] rejecting: network-3.1.0.1/installed-CeX... (conflict: >> cabal-install => >> base>=4.8 && <4.13, network => base==4.13.0.0/installed-4.1...) >> [__5] trying: network-3.1.0.1 >> [__6] trying: hackage-security-0.5.3.0 (dependency of cabal-install) >> [__7] next goal: template-haskell (dependency of hackage-security) >> [__7] rejecting: template-haskell-2.15.0.0/installed-2.1... (conflict: >> cabal-install => base>=4.8 && <4.13, template-haskell => >> base==4.13.0.0/installed-4.1...) >> [__7] rejecting: template-haskell-2.15.0.0, template-haskell-2.14.0.0, >> template-haskell-2.13.0.0, template-haskell-2.12.0.0, >> template-haskell-2.11.1.0, template-haskell-2.11.0.0, >> template-haskell-2.10.0.0, template-haskell-2.9.0.0, >> template-haskell-2.8.0.0, >> template-haskell-2.7.0.0, template-haskell-2.6.0.0, >> template-haskell-2.5.0.0, >> template-haskell-2.4.0.1, template-haskell-2.4.0.0, >> template-haskell-2.3.0.1, >> template-haskell-2.3.0.0, template-haskell-2.2.0.0 (constraint from >> non-upgradeable package requires installed instance) >> [__7] fail (backjumping, conflict set: cabal-install, hackage-security, >> template-haskell) >> After searching the rest of the dependency tree exhaustively, these were >> the >> goals I've had most trouble fulfilling: base, cabal-install, directory, >> template-haskell, process, time, network, pretty, hackage-security, >> deepseq, >> HTTP, stm, cabal-install:lib >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 6:25 AM Ben Gamari <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> The GHC team is pleased to announce the release candidate for GHC 8.8.1. >>> The source distribution, binary distributions, and documentation are >>> available at >>> >>> https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/8.8.1 >>> >>> This release is the culmination of over 3000 commits by over one hundred >>> contributors and has several new features and numerous bug fixes >>> relative to GHC 8.6: >>> >>> * Visible kind applications are now supported (GHC Proposal #15) >>> >>> * Profiling now works correctly on 64-bit Windows (although still may >>> be problematic on 32-bit Windows due to platform limitations; see >>> #15934) >>> >>> * A new code layout algorithm for amd64's native code generator >>> significantly improving the runtime performance of some kernels >>> >>> * The introduction of a late lambda-lifting pass which may reduce >>> allocations significantly for some programs. >>> >>> * Further work on Trees That Grow, enabling improved code re-use of the >>> Haskell AST in tooling >>> >>> * Users can write `forall` in more contexts (GHC Proposal #7) >>> >>> * The pattern-match checker is now more precise in the presence of >>> strict fields with uninhabited types. >>> >>> * A comprehensive audit of GHC's memory ordering barriers has been >>> performed, resulting in a number of fixes that should significantly >>> improve the reliability of programs on architectures with >>> weakly-ordered memory models (e.g. PowerPC, many ARM and AArch64 >>> implementations). >>> >>> * A long-standing linker limitation rendering GHCi unusable with >>> projects with cyclic symbol dependencies has been fixed (#13786) >>> >>> * Further work on the Hadrian build system >>> >>> * Countless miscellaneous bug-fixes >>> >>> Unfortunately, due to a build issue (#17108) found late in the release >>> process >>> i386 Windows builds are currently unavailable. 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