On 3 August 2010 15:02, rustom <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried to install pivotal > According to the site I must do: > ghc --make Main -fglasgow-exts -package plugins > > I get > cant satisfy package plugins
Which version of GHC are you using? If you're using 6.12, then you're out of luck: plugins won't work with it yet. > I believe the more general problem is that one has to choose between > 'direct' cabal installs and using debian's packages. At least this is > the same situation Ive seen before in python, ruby etc. Preferably, use a distro package if there is one. If there isn't, then use cabal-install to install it to your home directory (which means you'll have to maintain it yourself). > So this is really 2 questions: > 1. How to remove this error and install pivotal cabal install pivotal (if you have GHC-6.10.*) > 2. Is it better to install haskell-platform or is it better to have a > minimal install of ghc and then use hackage/cabal [Or is this a type- > wrong question :-) ] In general, I recommend you stick with your distribution's packages as much as possible (assuming they're kept up to date) and only resort to cabal-install when necessary; distribution packages typically interact with the system (in terms of non-Haskell dependencies, etc.) better. -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic [email protected] IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
