Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-24 Thread Jacek Generowicz
On 2011 May 23, at 16:02, Johannes Waldmann wrote: I just did this (in a pristine virtual machine): * install ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso * sudo apt-get install libgmp3-dev zlib1g-dev libglut3-dev * install from binary ghc-7.0.3-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.bz2 * install from source

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-24 Thread Johannes Waldmann
* install ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso * sudo apt-get install libgmp3-dev zlib1g-dev libglut3-dev * install from binary ghc-7.0.3-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.bz2 * install from source haskell-platform-2011.2.0.1.tar.gz If you haven't trashed that VM yet, would you mind checking whether

[Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Jacek Generowicz
[TL;DR: there's a concrete question at the bottom.] Once again I find myself in the pleasant situation where the slings and arrows of life in general are slightly less intense, and I manage to find a few spare minutes and some free brain cycles to dedicate to Haskell. Why not try GHC

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Anthony Cowley
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 5:17 AM, Jacek Generowicz jacek.generow...@cern.ch wrote: So, after this tale of agony, here are two concrete questions: a) Am I right in concluding that GHC 7.0.3 will not run on OS X 10.5 (without unreasonable effort)? This is a frustrating situation. Note that there

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Jacek Generowicz
On 2011 May 23, at 13:45, Anthony Cowley wrote: On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 5:17 AM, Jacek Generowicz jacek.generow...@cern.ch wrote: a) Am I right in concluding that GHC 7.0.3 will not run on OS X 10.5 (without unreasonable effort)? This is a frustrating situation. Note that there is a binary

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Anthony Cowley
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Jacek Generowicz jacek.generow...@cern.ch wrote: On 2011 May 23, at 13:45, Anthony Cowley wrote: As for the platform, if it is giving you trouble, don't shy away from just using GHC and cabal as normal! After you've cabal installed a few big packages, you will

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Jacek Generowicz
On 2011 May 23, at 14:29, Anthony Cowley wrote: On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Jacek Generowicz jacek.generow...@cern.ch wrote: On 2011 May 23, at 13:45, Anthony Cowley wrote: As for the platform, if it is giving you trouble, don't shy away from just using GHC and cabal as normal! After

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Jacek Generowicz
On 2011 May 23, at 14:16, Jacek Generowicz wrote: On 2011 May 23, at 13:45, Anthony Cowley wrote: On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 5:17 AM, Jacek Generowicz jacek.generow...@cern.ch wrote: I think your strategy of nuking everything Haskell through your package manager (if available), then

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Daniel Fischer
On Monday 23 May 2011 14:16:43, Jacek Generowicz wrote: From this, you should be able to build 7.0.3 yourself. That's interesting. I won't try that *right* now. It's easy, assuming you have installed alex and happy (and preferably hscolour), just download and unpack the source bundle,

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Brandon Moore
From: Jacek Generowicz jacek.generow...@cern.ch Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 4:17 AM [TL;DR: there's a concrete question at the bottom.] Once again I find myself in the pleasant situation where the slings and arrows of life in general are slightly less intense, and I manage to find a few

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Jacek Generowicz
On 2011 May 23, at 14:42, Daniel Fischer wrote: On Monday 23 May 2011 14:16:43, Jacek Generowicz wrote: If by cabal install you mean use the command cabal ... yeah, that would be great, if only I could install cabal-install, which fails. With what error? Downloading and unpacking the

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Daniel Fischer
On Monday 23 May 2011 15:08:41, Jacek Generowicz wrote: On 2011 May 23, at 14:42, Daniel Fischer wrote: On Monday 23 May 2011 14:16:43, Jacek Generowicz wrote: If by cabal install you mean use the command cabal ... yeah, that would be great, if only I could install cabal-install, which

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Jacek Generowicz
On 2011 May 23, at 15:08, Jacek Generowicz wrote: On 2011 May 23, at 14:42, Daniel Fischer wrote: $ ./bootstrap.sh in that directory should work. Configuring Cabal-1.8.0.2... Setup: At least the following dependencies are missing: base =4 3 =1 5, filepath =1 1.2 How am I

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Jacek Generowicz
On 2011 May 23, at 15:22, Daniel Fischer wrote: On Monday 23 May 2011 15:08:41, Jacek Generowicz wrote: Cabal-1.8.0.2 will be downloaded and installed. That's a bad sign. Have you downoaded the bundle from the cabal-install page? Ermmm, ys [sudden pangs of guilt] was that not the

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Johannes Waldmann
b) On Ubuntu Natty I installed the generic linux GHC 7.0.3 binary. Downloaded Haskell Platform 2011.2.0.1 source distribution. ./ I just did this (in a pristine virtual machine): * install ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso * sudo apt-get install libgmp3-dev zlib1g-dev libglut3-dev * install

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Johannes Waldmann
The thing that's usually failing is cabal install unix-compat, which requires sudo apt-get install libbsd-dev. - J.W. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Jacek Generowicz
Summarizing, by answering my own question on the basis of the help I have received elsewhere in the thread. On 2011 May 23, at 11:17, Jacek Generowicz wrote: a) Am I right in concluding that GHC 7.0.3 will not run on OS X 10.5 (without unreasonable effort)? It takes little effort on the

Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC 7, Platform 2011.2 vs OS X 10.5, Ubuntu 11.04

2011-05-23 Thread Evan Laforge
Cabal-1.8.0.2 will be downloaded and installed. That's a bad sign. Have you downoaded the bundle from the cabal-install page? Ermmm, ys [sudden pangs of guilt] was that not the right thing to do? That's not the right thing to do Darn! (yeah, somebody should tell unsuspecting