I'm trying to install ghc-8.0.1 on ppc64 arch. Below is the truncated config.log, followed by the error that stops make. It was created by The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System configure 8.0.1, which was generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69. Invocation command line was $ ./configure ## --------- ## ## Platform. ## ## --------- ## hostname = ubuntu-ppc64 uname -m = ppc64 uname -r = 4.4.0-53-powerpc64-smp uname -s = Linux uname -v = #74-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 2 16:41:54 UTC 2016 /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown /bin/uname -X = unknown /bin/arch = unknown /usr/bin/arch -k = unknown /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown /usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown /bin/machine = unknown /usr/bin/oslevel = unknown /bin/universe = unknown PATH: /home/lambdafan/.cabal/bin PATH: /home/lambdafan/bin PATH: /home/lambdafan/.local/bin PATH: /usr/local/sbin PATH: /usr/local/bin PATH: /usr/sbin PATH: /usr/bin PATH: /sbin PATH: /bin PATH: /usr/games PATH: /usr/local/games PATH: /snap/bin PATH: /home/lambdafan/ghc-8.0.1 <snip> configure: exit 0 Now, the error that make stops at E: Unable to locate package gmake lambdafan@ubuntu-ppc64:~/ghc-8.0.1$ make ===--- building phase 0 make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mk phase=0 phase_0_builds make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'phase_0_builds'. ===--- building phase 1 make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mk phase=1 phase_1_builds utils/genapply/ghc.mk:23: utils/genapply/dist/build/.depend.haskell: No such file or directory utils/genapply/ghc.mk:23: utils/genapply/dist/build/.depend.c_asm: No such file or directory make[1]: *** No rule to make target '/home/kgardas/sfw/ghc-7.10.1/ lib/ghc-7.10.1/base_I5BErHzyOm07EBNpKBEeUv/Prelude.hi', needed by 'utils/deriveConstants/dist/build/Main.o'. Stop. Makefile:129: recipe for target 'all' failed make: *** [all] Error 2 I looked in utils/genapply/dist/build/ to find only this ls -la utils/genapply/dist/build/ total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 lambdafan lambdafan 4096 Jan 4 13:07 . drwxr-xr-x 3 lambdafan lambdafan 4096 Jan 4 13:07 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 lambdafan lambdafan 4096 Jan 4 13:07 autogen advice on how to proceed?