"Achim" == Achim Schneider <barsoap@web.de> writes:
Achim> Colin Paul Adams <colin@colina.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Why does cabal install nearly everything in the user repository >> rather than the global repository? >> Achim> uh... because you're a mere user and don't have the rights to do so? No, I own the machine. Achim> try "su -", then "cabal update" to fill root's $HOME/.cabal Achim> with the needed info, then proceed as usual. Achim> TBH, though, I wouldn't use cabal as root, directly, use Achim> your distro's package management system instead. Installing I can't. It doesn't provide up-to-date ghc and things. Achim> programs with your user account, inside your home Achim> directory, is perfectly acceptable (and traditional) under Achim> unix. But it means I have to install everyhting twice - once as --user, once as --global. -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire