On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Glurk
Hi,
I'm a beginner to both Cabal and Linux. I'm a bit confused as to whether I need to be using Cabal when installng packages.
I'm running Ubuntu 9.10, and from the Synaptic Package Manager, I can select various Haskell packages to install - will this install the package correctly, or is there something I need to do in Cabal as well ?
Thanks ! :)
IMNSHO, cabal (the tool) is primarily for systems with broken, or non-existing package managers (read Windows). For other systems, including Ubuntu, people should use the native packaging system as far as possible, only reverting to cabal when that fails (for whatever reason). So, in short, use Synaptic until you come to a situation where you need something that isn't packaged for Ubuntu yet. Even then I'd suggest you first check for a source package in Debian. Only if everything else fails should you reach for cabal. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe