Re: [Haskell-cafe] building the unix package and cabal

more specifically the "gmp" unsatisfied ref shows up with the DynamicLinker. On 2/4/08, Thomas Schilling wrote:

I don't know. Maybe someone on @cafe can help. (I CC'd)

On Feb 4, 2008 5:22 PM, Galchin Vasili wrote:

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I have the gmp shared objects installed, i.e. .so's. Does ghc require static linking with .a archive files?

On 2/4/08, Thomas Schilling wrote:

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This is the GNU Multi-Precision library. You have to install that separately, Cabal can't do that for you. You should use the redhat package manager to install it. HTH

On Feb 4, 2008 4:43 PM, Galchin Vasili wrote:

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Hi Thomas,

Have you tried to build this package yourself? I get a linker error .. unresolved symbol "gmp".

Vasili

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Build-type: Configure means that *Cabal uses ./configure * to build the package. Nothing changes for you. Just use the usual:

runhaskell Setup.hs configure --prefix=... [--user] runhaskell Setup.hs build runhaskell Setup.hs install

or with cabal-install:

cabal install unix

2008/2/4 Galchin Vasili :

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Hello,

I have been trying to build the unix package on RedHat RHEL 5. Over the weekend I read through the Cabal documentation. The unix-2.2.0.0 unix.cabal specifies the "build-type" attribute as "Configure". Based on Cabal doc, I should run ./configure. After this step then what? Bottom

On 2/4/08, Thomas Schilling wrote: line

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is how do I build the unix-2.2.0.0 package on RHEL 5?

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