Re: [Haskell-cafe] Ease of Haskell development on OS X?

Ah, true. Sorry, my mistake -- I forgot that wasn't supported with the framework version. -Ross On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Jeff Heard wrote:

That one doesn't work with OpenGL, however and won't in the forseeable future. Incidentally, just now doing a ports install gtk2hs gives me the following error on my brand new MacBook:

$ sudo port install gtk2hs

... stuff happens normally ... then:

opt/local/bin/ghc +RTS -RTS -c tools/hierarchyGen/TypeGen.hs -o tools/hierarchyGen/TypeGen.o -O -itools/hierarchyGen -package-conf package.conf.inplace -hide-all-packages -package base package.conf.inplace: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file or directory) /opt/local/bin/ghc +RTS -RTS -c tools/callbackGen/HookGenerator.hs -o tools/callbackGen/HookGenerator.o -O -I. -itools/callbackGen -package-conf package.conf.inplace -hide-all-packages -package base package.conf.inplace: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file or directory) rm -rf glib/System/Glib.o glib/System/Glib_split/; mkdir -p glib/System/Glib_split /opt/local/bin/ghc +RTS -RTS -split-objs -c glib/System/Glib.hs -o glib/System/Glib.o -O -fffi -iglib -package-conf package.conf.inplace -hide-all-packages -ignore-package glib -package base -package-name glib-0.9.13 '-#include' -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include

on the commandline: Warning: -fffi is deprecated: use -XForeignFunctionInterface or pragma {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface#-} instead package.conf.inplace: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file or directory) make[1]: *** [glib/System/Glib.o] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Ross Mellgren wrote:

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While there is not a .dmg for Gtk2Hs, you can use a .dmg installed GHC with a .dmg installed Gtk, and then build gtk2hs straight on top of that, without having to deal with the dual-GHC macports mess..

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Gtk2hs#Using_the_GTK.2B_OS_X_Framework

-Ross

On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Jeff Heard wrote:

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cabal-install works for me. The one thing that would be REALLY REALLY nice (and I'm cc-ing Duncan on this) is a .dmg for Gtk2Hs on Mac OS X. There exists a ports build for it, but it won't use the GHC that is installed via .dmg to build it - it insists instead on installing ghc again via ports, which I find both odd and undesirable. It really comes down to the fact that gtk2hs is the only thing in the haskellverse that requires ports to get compiled in an intuitive way.

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Don Stewart wrote:

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tom.davie:

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On 20 Mar 2009, at 18:46, Don Stewart wrote:

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tom.davie: > > On 20 Mar 2009, at 18:08, Don Stewart wrote: > >> tom.davie: >>> >>> Other than chose the graphics card carefully, an iMac will >>> do you >>> very well. >>> >>> Hope that helps. >> >> This is very useful. >> >> Could the Mac users add information (and screenshots?) to the >> OSX >> wiki >> page, >> >> http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/OSX > > I'm not really sure there's much to add. It mostly just works™. > > Is there something that can be extracted from this discussion > to add > to > it?

Imagine you're new to Haskell, or the Mac. What do you need to know to get started developing new Haskell software? Is that information on the page?

Thankfully, yes, all you need to know are either (a) go to haskell.org and download it, or (b) download macports, and port install ghc... Now you've got a Haskell environment like any other.

I guess I could add a chunk of text about good editors, but I'm not sure if that's suitable, is it?

Yes, anything that is relevant to the development experience on this platform. Remember: it is more than just getting ghc. How do they get hold of new libraries and apps? Is cabal-install available? _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

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