[Haskell-cafe] Re: Haskell Platform - changing the global install dir

Hi Paul, Paul Moore writes:

Is there a way I could have specified that I want the global install directory in D:\Apps\Haskell? I guess I could hack my cabal\config file (and presumably change PATH) but that seems a bit ugly.

A bit ugly? Why? That's precisely what the config files are for.

Is the use of Program Files even when the install was to somewhere else a bug?

Not really, the Windows installer just doesn't tinker with the default cabal-install install location. There are plans, though, to implement an "install only for the current user" mode for the next release.