I've been trying to build the glib package (pretty much any version) for a few days now, with no success. The sequence of results is: =================================================================== cwr@sixpence cabal $ cabal --verbose --global --package-db=/opt/cabal/package.conf.d install glib-0.12.5.4 '/opt/cabal/bin/alex' '--version' '/opt/cabal/bin/cpphs' '--version' '/usr/bin/gcc' '-dumpversion' '/opt/cabal/bin/haddock' '--version' '/opt/cabal/bin/happy' '--version' '/usr/bin/hpc' 'version' looking for tool hsc2hs near compiler in /usr/bin found hsc2hs in /usr/bin/hsc2hs '/usr/bin/hsc2hs' '--version' '/opt/cabal/bin/HsColour' '-version' '/usr/bin/ghc' '-c' '/tmp/6826.c' '-o' '/tmp/6826.o' '/usr/bin/ld' '-x' '-r' '/tmp/6826.o' '-o' '/tmp/6827.o' '/usr/bin/pkg-config' '--version' '/bin/tar' '--help' Reading available packages... Warning: The package list for 'hackage.haskell.org' is 52.1 days old. Run 'cabal update' to get the latest list of available packages. Choosing modular solver. Resolving dependencies... Ready to install glib-0.12.5.4 Waiting for install task to finish... Extracting /opt/cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/glib/0.12.5.4/glib-0.12.5.4.tar.gz to /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826... Updating glib.cabal with the latest revision from the index. creating /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup creating /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist creating /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup copy /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/Setup.hs to /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/setup.hs '/usr/bin/ghc' '--make' '-odir' '/tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup' '-hidir' '/tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup' '-i' '-i/tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4' '-package-db' '/opt/cabal/package.conf.d' '-package-id' 'Cabal-1.22.1.1-98c5a01d59dd973fd7113dbb82e82560' '/tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/setup.hs' '-o' '/tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/setup' '-threaded' [1 of 2] Compiling SetupWrapper ( /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/SetupWrapper.hs, /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/SetupWrapper.o ) /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/SetupWrapper.hs:118:28: Warning: In the use of `configCompiler' (imported from Distribution.Simple.Configure): Deprecated: "'configCompiler' is deprecated. Use 'configCompilerEx' instead." [2 of 2] Compiling Main ( /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/setup.hs, /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/Main.o ) Linking /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/setup ... /tmp/glib-0.12.5.4-6826/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/setup configure --verbose=2 --ghc --prefix=/opt/cabal --bindir=/opt/cabal/bin --libdir=/opt/cabal/lib --libsubdir=glib-0.12.5.4/ghc-7.6.3 --libexecdir=/opt/cabal/libexec --datadir=/opt/cabal/share --datasubdir=glib-0.12.5.4 --docdir=/opt/cabal/share/doc/glib-0.12.5.4 --htmldir=/opt/cabal/share/doc/glib-0.12.5.4/html --haddockdir=/opt/cabal/share/doc/glib-0.12.5.4/html --sysconfdir=/opt/cabal/etc --enable-library-profiling --enable-optimization=2 --global --package-db=/opt/cabal/package.conf.d --flags=closure_signals --dependency=utf8-string=utf8-string-0.3.8-51169ff3d90963aa54c0a13eee5c3a53 --dependency=containers=containers-0.5.0.0-e7e1a93d7945e93a00ce12660e9ff290 --dependency=base=base-4.6.0.1-220b875e77822b0e1bf50c8f35d37dff --disable-tests --exact-configuration --disable-benchmarks [1 of 2] Compiling Gtk2HsSetup ( Gtk2HsSetup.hs, dist/setup-wrapper/Gtk2HsSetup.o ) [2 of 2] Compiling Main ( SetupMain.hs, dist/setup-wrapper/Main.o ) Linking dist/setup-wrapper/setup ... unrecognized option `--sysconfdir=/opt/cabal/etc' unrecognized option `--dependency=utf8-string=utf8-string-0.3.8-51169ff3d90963aa54c0a13eee5c3a53' unrecognized option `--dependency=containers=containers-0.5.0.0-e7e1a93d7945e93a00ce12660e9ff290' unrecognized option `--dependency=base=base-4.6.0.1-220b875e77822b0e1bf50c8f35d37dff' unrecognized option `--exact-configuration' Failed to install glib-0.12.5.4 World file is already up to date. cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: glib-0.12.5.4 failed during the configure step. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 cwr@sixpence cabal $ =================================================================== Moving to the default version of glib, I then get: =================================================================== cwr@sixpence cabal $ cabal --verbose --global --package-db=/opt/cabal/package.conf.d install glib Reading available packages... Choosing modular solver. Resolving dependencies... Ready to install glib-0.13.1.0 Waiting for install task to finish... Extracting /opt/cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/glib/0.13.1.0/glib-0.13.1.0.tar.gz to /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-3703... Updating glib.cabal with the latest revision from the index. creating /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-3703/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup creating /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-3703/glib-0.13.1.0/dist creating /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-3703/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup Failed to install glib-0.13.1.0 World file is already up to date. cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: glib-0.13.1.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was: user error (The package 'glib' requires Cabal library version -any && >=1.18 but no suitable version is installed.) cwr@sixpence cabal $ cabal --version cabal-install version 1.18.0.2 using version 1.18.1.2 of the Cabal library cwr@sixpence cabal $ =================================================================== And moving to the default version of cabal, I get: =================================================================== cwr@sixpence cabal $ cabal --verbose --global --package-db=/opt/cabal/package.conf.d install glib '/opt/cabal/bin/alex' '--version' '/opt/cabal/bin/cpphs' '--version' '/usr/bin/gcc' '-dumpversion' '/opt/cabal/bin/haddock' '--version' '/opt/cabal/bin/happy' '--version' '/usr/bin/hpc' 'version' looking for tool hsc2hs near compiler in /usr/bin found hsc2hs in /usr/bin/hsc2hs '/usr/bin/hsc2hs' '--version' '/opt/cabal/bin/HsColour' '-version' '/usr/bin/ghc' '-c' '/tmp/4186.c' '-o' '/tmp/4186.o' '/usr/bin/ld' '-x' '-r' '/tmp/4186.o' '-o' '/tmp/4187.o' '/usr/bin/pkg-config' '--version' '/bin/tar' '--help' Reading available packages... Warning: The package list for 'hackage.haskell.org' is 51.4 days old. Run 'cabal update' to get the latest list of available packages. Choosing modular solver. Resolving dependencies... Ready to install glib-0.13.1.0 Waiting for install task to finish... Extracting /opt/cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/glib/0.13.1.0/glib-0.13.1.0.tar.gz to /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186... Updating glib.cabal with the latest revision from the index. creating /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup creating /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist creating /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup copy /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/Setup.hs to /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/setup.hs '/usr/bin/ghc' '--make' '-odir' '/tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup' '-hidir' '/tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup' '-i' '-i/tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0' '-package-db' '/opt/cabal/package.conf.d' '-package-id' 'Cabal-1.22.1.1-98c5a01d59dd973fd7113dbb82e82560' '/tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/setup.hs' '-o' '/tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/setup' '-threaded' [1 of 2] Compiling SetupWrapper ( /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/SetupWrapper.hs, /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/SetupWrapper.o ) [2 of 2] Compiling Main ( /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/setup.hs, /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/Main.o ) Linking /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/setup ... /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-4186/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/setup configure --verbose=2 --ghc --prefix=/opt/cabal --bindir=/opt/cabal/bin --libdir=/opt/cabal/lib --libsubdir=glib-0.13.1.0/ghc-7.6.3 --libexecdir=/opt/cabal/libexec --datadir=/opt/cabal/share --datasubdir=glib-0.13.1.0 --docdir=/opt/cabal/share/doc/glib-0.13.1.0 --htmldir=/opt/cabal/share/doc/glib-0.13.1.0/html --haddockdir=/opt/cabal/share/doc/glib-0.13.1.0/html --sysconfdir=/opt/cabal/etc --enable-library-profiling --enable-optimization=2 --global --package-db=/opt/cabal/package.conf.d --flags=closure_signals --dependency=utf8-string=utf8-string-0.3.8-51169ff3d90963aa54c0a13eee5c3a53 --dependency=text=text-1.1.1.3-3a54592a9f7d64cef4851163d5553453 --dependency=containers=containers-0.5.0.0-e7e1a93d7945e93a00ce12660e9ff290 --dependency=bytestring=bytestring-0.10.0.2-14ba8002009bf89cdad6038c30eda3fd --dependency=base=base-4.6.0.1-220b875e77822b0e1bf50c8f35d37dff --disable-tests --exact-configuration --disable-benchmarks [1 of 2] Compiling Gtk2HsSetup ( Gtk2HsSetup.hs, dist/setup-wrapper/Gtk2HsSetup.o ) Gtk2HsSetup.hs:167:16: Not in scope: `LBI.getComponentLocalBuildInfo' Failed to install glib-0.13.1.0 Updating world file... cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: glib-0.13.1.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 cwr@sixpence cabal $ =================================================================== Does anyone have any idea how to fix any or all of these errors? Thanks - Will