Hi again Simon, Few points, If you run Windows 10 (Pro?), you can setup to make symlinks without needing administrator privileges. I used https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Symbolic-Links guide. Unfortunately I don't remember all the details I did (i.e. if the guide is complete), but enabling Developer Mode is easy to forget. About installing and symlinking: - `cabal update-config` should populate your ~/.cabal/config with new default configuration. which will have install-dir: there too. You can also manually edit it to add the new configuration option. - Most of install woes are fixed in March [1], but there weren't a release with those fixes. - [1] https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/5870 Cheers, Oleg On 30.5.2019 16.57, Simon Peyton Jones wrote:
Dear Cabal developers
More woe:
simonpj@MSRC-3645512:~$ cabal install lhs2tex
Resolving dependencies...
Up to date
cabal: installdir is not defined. Set it in your cabal config file or use
--installdir=<path>
In the olden days, didn’t cabal install by default in ~/.cabal/bin?
Never mind, let’s do what it asks:
simonpj@MSRC-3645512:~$ cabal install lhs2tex --installdir=/usr/bin
Resolving dependencies...
Up to date
Symlinking 'lhs2TeX'
/usr/bin/lhs2TeX: createSymbolicLink: permission denied (Permission denied)
Darn: I need to be super-user. Fine:
simonpj@MSRC-3645512:~$ sudo cabal install lhs2tex --installdir=/usr/bin
[sudo] password for simonpj:
cabal: unrecognized 'install' option `--installdir=/usr/bin'
OK _/now/_ I really am stumped. It asked me to provide that option, and now it says it’s unrecognised.
(This is in a bash shell running in emacs, if it makes a difference.)
What next?
Thanks
Simon
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