Re: [Haskell-cafe] Installing pandoc without root

Ivan, Thank you for that helpful link. Unfortunately, it does not look like I have access to make. Is there a workaround? On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:

On 10 November 2013 23:14, Theo Moore wrote:

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I am trying to install the Haskell libraries for pandoc on a local home folder and without root access, using the command:

cabal install pandoc

However, I run into the error: cabal: Missing dependency on a foreign library: * Missing (or bad) header file: zlib.h * Missing C library: z

From what I understand, I need to install zlib1g-dev. GHC and cabal install are available, but without root access I'm having trouble figuring out how to provide the necessary zlib files. I've tried to download the source of zlib1g-dev, but in order to compile it, I have to use "make" which I do not have the priviledge to invoke.

Can someone guide me through getting pandoc up and running without root access? The system is Debian 3.2.41-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux.

You should be able to configure, build and install the zlib library+headers into your own $HOME directory. One guide (that on a quick skim looks OK) is http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/compiling-in-home/

(Whether it's possible to install just the header files of zlib is something I can't say.)

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