Hi Rémy, This is just a guess because I use cygwin with Windows but not msys:
On cygwin the way to access a drive is /cygdrive/c/... Does /c exist by itself as a directory on msys? If not, you may need to use a prefix similar to the way cygwin requires /cygdrive. Hope this helps. Cheers, Howard Northridge, California, USA --- On Wed, 4/20/11, Rémy Mouëza <remy.mou...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Rémy Mouëza <remy.mou...@gmail.com> > Subject: [wxhaskell-users] Compiling WxHaskell: ghc-pkg problem with wxcore > on Windows XP. > To: wxhaskell-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 2:13 PM > I can't manage to install > wxHaskell's wxcore package under Windows > despite being seemingly able to compile it. > > I am using the Haskell Platform 2010.2.0.0 (with ghc > 6.12.3) on Windows > XP, wxWidgets 2.8 with unicode support and msys with a > setup as > described on the following blog: > http://blog.johantibell.com/2011/01/setting-up-haskell-development.html > > with a small alteration, the haskell platform being > installed in > C:\haskell-platform rather than "C:\Program Files\Haskell > Platform" > to get to compile wxWidgets. > > WxWidgets itself has been successfully compiled with the > following > configuration: > > $ ./configure > --prefix=/c/haskell-platform/2010.2.0.0/mingw/ \ > > --enable-optimise \ > > --enable-unicode \ > > --enable-monolithic \ > > --enable-shared \ > > --enable-threads \ > > I have install wxdirect successfully using "cabal install > --global > wxdirect". I am using a "--global" install setup because > while I > searched for solutions it seemed to be the recommended way > of installing > wxHaskell. > > Then when I try to build wxcore, using the following > command (I got the > include and lib dirs using "wx-config --cxxflags --libs"): > > $ cabal configure --global \ > > > --extra-include-dirs=/c/haskell-platform/2010.2.0.0/mingw/lib/wx/include/msw-unicode-release-2.8 > > \ > > > --extra-include-dirs=/c/haskell-platform/2010.2.0.0/mingw/include/wx-2.8 > \ > > > --extra-lib-dirs=/c/haskell-platform/2010.2.0.0/lib > \ > > > --ghc-options="-I/c/haskell-platform/2010.2.0.0/mingw/lib/wx/include/msw-unicode-release-2.8 > > > > -I/c/haskell-platform/2010.2.0.0/mingw/include/wx-2.8 > > > > -L/c/haskell-platform/2010.2.0.0/mingw/lib > > > -D__WXMSW__ -mthreads > -Wl,--subsystem,windows -mwindows -lwx_mswu-2.8" > $ cabal build > > I get the following error message at the end of the build > (haskell > modules and C++ binding files compile without errors): > > Registering wxcore-0.12.1.6... > setup.exe: wxcore-0.12.1.6: > library-dirs: > > /c/haskell-platform/2010.2.0.0/mingw/lib > doesn't exist or isn't a > directory > (use --force to override) > wxcore-0.12.1.6: include-dirs: > > /c/haskell-platform/2010.2.0.0/mingw/include/wx-2.8 > doesn't exist > or isn't a > directory (use --force to > override) > wxcore-0.12.1.6: include-dirs: > > /c/haskell-platform/2010.2.0.0/mingw/lib/wx/include/msw-unicode-release-2.8 > doesn't exist or isn't a directory > (use --force to override) > cabal.exe: Error: some packages > failed to install: > wxcore-0.12.1.6 failed during the > building phase. The exception was: > ExitFailure 1 > > However, the files and directories listed as missing do > exist. > I have also tried to do it in a MS-DOS like "cmd" console > but I got the > same results. > I have try to force the install using "ghc-pkg --force" but > when trying > to compile the wx package, I got an error message about the > same > "missing" directories. > > Also, using a verbosity level 2, I can see that ghc-pkg is > invoked with > the following arguments: > > c:\haskell-platform\2010.2.0.0\bin\ghc-pkg.exe > -v2 update - > --global --no-user-package-conf > --package-conf=dist\package.conf.inplace > > I am now getting short on ideas. Has anyone ever got the > same kind of > problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ wxhaskell-users mailing list wxhaskell-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wxhaskell-users
