Levent Erkok
Hello all,
I've been having a lot of trouble installing the binary-distro's on a SuSE machine. Unfortunately, I don't have root privileges and thus my options are rather limited.
The problem seem to boil down to the use of the function pthread_setname_np. It appears the problem was noted before, and Simon Marlow added a corresponding configure check for platforms that do not have this function. See here: https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2014-October/006707.html
Alas, none of the binary distributions listed on https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_10_2#binaries seem to be built against a system that does not have this function. So, I was unable to install 7.10.2 successfully.
Essentially, I'm looking for a binary distro on SuSE, or with a libc that doesn't have the GNU extensions such as pthread_setname_np; if anyone would be kind enough to put out such a binary distro, that'd really be appreciated.
(Yes, I tried building from the source; but in the corporate environment with so many things controlled, that did not go very far.)
You could try the Nix route, which, conceptually, would boil down to: 1. Installing the Nix package manager into your $HOME on the SuSE system 2. Use Nix to install GHC Which expands to: 1. Following the instructions at: https://nixos.org/wiki/How_to_install_nix_in_home_%28on_another_distribution... 2. Invoking: nix-env -iA haskellPackages.ghc This would require only HTTP access, which, I presume, should be available within the corporate environment. All the packages from Hackage can be had precompiled from Nixpkgs, but that's slightly more involved and requires some reading: http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#users-guide-to-the-haskell-infrastructure Should you meet trouble, you can always seek help either at nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl, or on the #nixos/irc.freenode.net IRC channel -- both have a vibrant nightlife^W Haskell community. -- с уважениeм / respectfully, Косырев Серёга -- “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche