On Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 5:20 PM, patricklynch wrote:
...i tried the March 2010 installation on the MAC and I get the same
result...if there is a requirement for Xcode, shouldn't it be listed in the
Installation Instructions... I tried another installation but it too
required Xcode...
It is listed as a requirement, see here under Requirements: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation

In fact, that page states that the recommended installation script will attempt to install Xcode for you. So that's probably where it was asking for an Apple Developer ID, which is free, $0, not $99, not $1, free.


...again, I was able to install GHC on a PC and was able to install HUGs on
the Mac...

...really frustrating... I'm not going to pay Apple $99, so I may have to
give up on the Mac for a while - bummer... 
Let me reiterate one more time: *You do NOT need to pay Apple any amount of money to install Homebrew or GHC or Xcode.* I have all three installed and I haven't paid Apple a dime for my Developer ID that allowed me to download Xcode.

Go here to register a free Apple Developer ID that will allow you to download Xcode: http://developer.apple.com/programs/register/

Notice the reassuring "Free" right next to the button. It's free. Really.


-----Original Message-----
From: patricklynch [mailto:kmandpjlynch@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 4:44 PM
To: 'Antoine Latter'
Cc: 'Wes Morgan'; 'beginners@haskell.org'
Subject: RE: [Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to installing
GHCI on MAC

...sorry for being a 'klutz' - but I'm new to the mac too...
...i'm guessing that I have Xcode installed...i see an X icon that has an
X11 label - when I click it, it displays nothing...bummer...
...since I was able to install Hugs I'm guessing that Xcode is
installed...however, I have no way of knowing if this is true...and Apple
wants $99 for a Developer fee, bummer...I was not given an installation
disk...

I went to the site: haskage.haskell.org\platform\mac.html...
It gives me a three step installation procedure...
...the 1st deletes any previous installation of GHC - this worked...
...the 2nd gets me to a screen that states Standard install on "Macintosh
HD"; with a message: click Install...{however, the Install Button can not be
clicked}...this is as far as I can get...

-----Original Message-----
From: Antoine Latter [mailto:aslatter@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 2:55 PM
To: patricklynch
Cc: Wes Morgan; beginners@haskell.org
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to installing
GHCI on MAC

The problem I had at first with the Haskell Platform installer was
that I didn't have Xcode installed.

This should be on one of the OS X install discs, I think. You can also
download it from Apple:

http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html

It might be easier if you could send us the error message you're getting.

Antoine

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:18 PM, patricklynch <kmandpjlynch@verizon.net>
wrote:
...i tried to use the installation for Mac at Haskell.org, but it gives me
an error message [something like: call your software vendor]...

...i tried the Homebrew, see email below,  but it wants my Apple Developer
id...i don't have one...

...i installed it on my pc and all it took was a single keystroke...
...i installed Hugs on my Mac without any problem..

...i'd appreciate any help, I really need to work with ghc on my mac

Go Jets

-----Original Message-----
From: beginners-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:beginners-bounces@haskell.org]
On Behalf Of Wes Morgan
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 7:36 AM
To: beginners@haskell.org
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to installing
GHCI on MAC

I just used Homebrew (http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/). Once that's
installed, 'brew install ghc' gets you GHC, GHCi, cabal, etc.

Wes

On Jan 23, 2011, at 6:00 AM, "beginners-request@haskell.org"
<beginners-request@haskell.org> wrote:

Re: [Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to
   installing GHCI on MAC

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