Re: Problems with GHC 4.04 binary package under i386 Linux

[Manuel M. T. Chakravarty]

Mark Utting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,

> I am having trouble installing the latest GHC binary bundle for 
> Linux (4.04).  I've tried it under Redhat Linux 5.02, and a
> Slackware Linux distribution (kernel = 2.0.35), with the same results.
> 
> GHC installs okay, but cannot link the standard Main.hs program
> that is given in the install guide.
> 
> The first problem is that -lgmp gives errors.  (It is apparently not
> installed as part of the default Linux package in either system).
> I fixed this by installing the gmp package, but I wonder if it could 
> be packaged with ghc.
> 
> More seriously, I then get the following link errors about missing 
> data definitions.

Isn't the binary bundle for glibc 2.0, ie, RedHat 6.0
systems?  You may just use libraries that are too old.

Manuel