16 Oct
2014
16 Oct
'14
4:46 p.m.
On 10/16/2014 03:11 PM, Mateusz Kowalczyk wrote: > On 10/15/2014 06:55 PM, Michael L Martin wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I am trying to install the latest version of Haskell Platform and am >> having a problem. >> >> I created a new VM and installed Ubuntu 14.04 server and applied the >> latest updates. Also installed packages >> "build-essential" and "zlib1g-dev". >> >> I then downloaded and installed ghc-7.8.3 from >> https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_8_3#x86_64linux >> and then downloaded and installed cabal 1.20.0.3 from >> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-install. >> >> After installing cabal, I did a "cabal update" followed by "cabal >> install hscolour". >> >> Then downloaded the latest Haskell Platform tarball >> (haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-srcdist.tar.gz) and attempted to >> install like this: >> >> ./platform.sh ../ghc-7.8.3-x86_64-unknown-linux-deb7.tar.bz2 >> >> This fails like this: >> >> *** >> *** Building hptool >> *** >> Building hptool-0.1... >> Preprocessing executable 'hptool' for hptool-0.1... >> *** >> *** Running hptool >> *** >> # rm (for >> build/.markers/rel/build/target/usr/local/haskell/ghc-7.8.3-x86_64/lib/happy-1.19.4) >> # rm (for build/.markers/rel/build/package/happy-1.19.4/build) >> happy-1.19.4 needs mtl-2.1.3.1 >> >>> Building happy-1.19.4 >> # cp (for build/.markers/rel/build/package/happy-1.19.4/build) >> # rm (for build/.markers/rel/build/package/happy-1.19.4/build) >> # ghc-pkg (for build/.markers/rel/build/package/happy-1.19.4/build) >> # ghc-pkg (for build/.markers/rel/build/package/happy-1.19.4/build) >> Reading package info from "build/package/mtl-2.1.3.1/inplace.conf" ... done. >> mtl-2.1.3.1: package(s) with this id already exist: mtl-2.1.3.1 >> Error when running Shake build system: >> * build-all >> * build-product >> * build/product/haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-unknown-posix-x86_64.tar.gz >> * build/target >> * >> build/.markers/rel/build/target/usr/local/haskell/ghc-7.8.3-x86_64/lib/happy-1.19.4 >> * build/.markers/rel/build/package/happy-1.19.4/build >> Development.Shake.command, system command failed >> Command: >> /home/mmartin/Downloads/haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0/build/ghc-bindist/local/bin/ghc-pkg >> register --package-db=build/package/happy-1.19.4/package.conf.d >> --verbose=1 build/package/mtl-2.1.3.1/inplace.conf >> Exit code: 1 >> Stderr: >> mtl-2.1.3.1: package(s) with this id already exist: mtl-2.1.3.1 >> >> Any suggestions on how to get past this? >> >> Thanks, >> Michael Martin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beginners mailing list >> Beginners@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners >> > Merely going from the error message and your steps, it seems to me that > you're *not* meant to install GHC yourself first and that the platform > ships with GHC. I would say try again but without installing GHC and > cabal first. > > Well, that didn't work, either: mmartin@cloud:~/Downloads/haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0$ ./platform.sh ../ghc-7.8.3-x86_64-unknown-linux-deb7.tar.bz2 ./platform.sh: 18: ./platform.sh: cabal: not found *** *** Building hptool *** ./platform.sh: 29: ./platform.sh: cabal: not found mmartin@cloud:~/Downloads/haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0$