Yeah, one might call Michael Snoyman god :D Writing this because it is Michael who provided you this link On March 4, 2015 at 11:28:50, Michael Snoyman (michael@snoyman.com) wrote: I'd recommend looking at: http://www.stackage.org/install#mac-os-x https://github.com/bitemyapp/learnhaskell/blob/master/README.md#mac-os-x I don't generally recommend using the platform installer, it ends up pegging libraries to old versions which causes dependency problems, or in some cases have known bugs. On March 4, 2015 at 16:13:43, emacstheviking (objitsu@gmail.com) wrote: The Gods provided me with serendipity; https://ghcformacosx.github.io/ JOB DONE, FLAWLESS! Many thanks to those concerned! :) On 4 March 2015 at 14:05, emacstheviking wrote: tried adding: LIBS="-framework OpenGL" ./configure same result.... bummer. On 4 March 2015 at 12:51, emacstheviking wrote: ld: couldn't dlopen() /usr/lib/libdtrace.dylib: dlopen(/usr/lib/libdtrace.dylib, 1): Symbol not found: _CGLGetCurrentContext   Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreVideo.framework/Versions/A/CoreVideo   Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/OpenGL  in /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreVideo.framework/Versions/A/CoreVideo for architecture x86_64 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) make[1]: *** [rts/dist/build/libHSrts-ghc7.8.4.dylib] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 iMac:ghc-7.8.4 vosabristol$ Perhaps I need to tweak the configure parameters and try again... stackoverflow has this page: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19480099/compiling-macos-application-with... There is no CGL framework in OS X (CGL is included in the OpenGL framework, you need only #include OpenGL/OpenGL.h), and you do not use -lXXX to link against a framework either. Now, depending on how your Makefile is structured, you may also have a property known as LD_FLAGS for a separate linking stage - you also need to include -framework OpenGL there. This directive does both, include path resolution and linker path resolution for frameworks. –  Andon M. Coleman Oct 20 '13 at 19:36  _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beginners