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However I do have an issue regarding debian packaging.
At first I installed ghc This brought in
ghc6 ghc6-doc libbsd-dev libgmp3-dev libgmpxx4ldbl
I also added haskell98-report haskell98-tutorial darcs
Then I discovered haskell-platform. I was pleased to discover that the link took me directly to the squeeze repos so there is no version mismatch between haskell-platorm and squeeze.
apt-getting haskell-platform gave me
alex cabal-install happy haskell-platform libghc6-cgi-dev libghc6-deepseq-dev libghc6-glut-dev libghc6-haskell-src-dev libghc6-html-dev libghc6-http-dev libghc6-hunit-dev libghc6-network-dev libghc6-opengl-dev libghc6-parallel-dev libghc6-parsec2-dev libghc6-quickcheck2-dev libghc6-stm-dev libghc6-xhtml-dev
However when trying to compile ghc from source I got an error that wanted ghc6-prof So I got that
Why are you trying to compile GHC from source if you have a distribution package and are using that?
Looking around in synaptic (gui for apt) I find that there are a large number of libghc-somethings that I still have not got.
So then the question: Whats the real point of the haskell-platform package -- if specific libraries have to be got separately?
That Platform is a "starter kit"; there are way too many Haskell packages available for every distribution to ship all of them! (Well, it's possible, but infeasible due to the number of packages that are distro/OS specific, are no longer maintained, etc.). -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Ivan.Miljenovic@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com