Re: [Haskell-cafe] best way to use ghc-7.0 under debian stable

2011-06-10 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Hi, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: Currently debian stable installs ghc 6.12.1. Is there any reason you're not using say Debian testing? The Debian Haskell Group (of which I am one of the less active members) is doing a magnificent job in bringing Haskell packages to Debian in the form of proper

Re: [Haskell-cafe] best way to use ghc-7.0 under debian stable

2011-06-10 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Freitag, den 10.06.2011, 17:24 +1000 schrieb Erik de Castro Lopo: Is there any reason you're not using say Debian testing? The Debian Haskell Group (of which I am one of the less active members) is doing a magnificent job in bringing Haskell packages to Debian in the form of proper

Re: [Haskell-cafe] best way to use ghc-7.0 under debian stable

2011-06-10 Thread Johannes Waldmann
I'm wondering what the best way to maintain the latest ghc while using debian stable. here's what I usually do: * install ghc from binary package, * build haskell-platform from source. * when necessary, get more recent haskell packages via cabal J.W.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] best way to use ghc-7.0 under debian stable

2011-06-10 Thread Aleksandar Dimitrov
Hi Brian, Currently debian stable installs ghc 6.12.1. Testing also doesn't have the new ghc. Here's how I do it: I have a prefix $HOME/local/haskell, where I installed the ghc binaries (downloadable at the ghc main site.) Just use ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/haskell. Then use the same

Re: [Haskell-cafe] best way to use ghc-7.0 under debian stable

2011-06-10 Thread Chris Smith
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 09:51 +, Johannes Waldmann wrote: here's what I usually do: * install ghc from binary package, * build haskell-platform from source. * when necessary, get more recent haskell packages via cabal Yes, this is definitely the way to go. You want to have the Haskell

Re: [Haskell-cafe] best way to use ghc-7.0 under debian stable

2011-06-10 Thread Arlen Cuss
Should I abandon the ghc debian package and install the haskell-platform ? Should I simply build ghc 7.0 independently ? This is the way I went; I installed the latest ghc from source, then haskell-platform from source. Works a treat! Arlen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

[Haskell-cafe] best way to use ghc-7.0 under debian stable

2011-06-09 Thread briand
Hi All, Currently debian stable installs ghc 6.12.1. I'd like to use the latest version of repa which is built on ghc 7.0, and my attempts to placate cabal's complaints about the installation of various packages isn't going anywhere. It's not obvious to me that there's an advantage to using