If you opt for ubuntu, have a look at
http://groups.google.de/group/fa.haskell/browse_thread/thread/e63e73e7fc9e96c2/be76e381f8c33f39?lnk=st&q=%22haskell+cafe%22+%22Trouble+trying+to+find+packages+for+ubuntu+linux%22&rnum=1&hl=en#be76e381f8c33f39
This little hack enabled me to do a sort of "one shot install" for all
the haskell packages available for feisty, although I was running
dapper ("long term support") ubuntu.
This meant a lot less dependency chasing when I wanted to install
something nonstandard, or with nonstandard dependencies, eg HApps.
(nota bene, I think the issue of dependency chasing should hopefully
cease to matter when the cabal developers figure out how to do that
during an install.)
thomas.
2007/4/22, Ryan Dickie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I'm running feisty.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.6
--ryan
On 4/22/07, Dougal Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 22/04/07, Ryan Dickie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Many of the haskell packages including darcs, ghc, and well over 100
other
> > packages (mostly libraries) are in the package manager ready to be
> > installed.
>
> The problem with Ubuntu (at least until the Feisty release a few days
> ago?) was that GHC wasn't up-to-date by default; it came with 6.4.
> Moving to 6.6 isn't a difficult feat (the generic binaries from the
> GHC site seem to work fine for Edgy, if you install libreadline too)
> but being behind that curve is noticeable. If you want to stay on the
> cutting edge Gentoo takes a lot of the hassle out of it, since you can
> use the repository stored on haskell.org. The downside is having to
> keep the rest of the system updated if you've got a slow machine.
>
> You pays your money, etc.
>
> D.
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