Hi all, 

Returning to the topic discussed by Simon M. and others here:

   http://projects.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-platform/2009-July/000572.html

This is my attempt at a script for bootstrapping a GHC-validating VM:

   http://parfunk.blogspot.com/2013/08/zero-to-ghc-development-in-ubuntu-vm-in.html

Let me know if there's a better way, or if you'd like to help get this kind of thing into an even more accessible form (Amazon AMI, Chef recipe, etc).

Cheers,
  -Ryan