On Sunday 24 of May 2009 19:49:08 man wrote:
I got this error installing readline (I really was installing lambdabot, it depends on readline):
config.status: creating config.mk config.status: creating readline.buildinfo config.status: creating include/HsReadlineConfig.h __cabal: Missing dependency on a foreign library:__ * Missing header file: HsReadline.h This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library is already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the flags --extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where it is. cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
I suppose that cabal could not find headers for readline. Check that they are installed and cabal is able to find them.