2009/10/6 Mikhail Glushenkov
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.
The "ugliness" (a bad word, I agree) was the need to change multiple items - (at least) 2 places in the config file and (presumably) the PATH entry. Is that all I need to change? Actually, on a related note, is there documentation on cabal I should have found which contains the information on how to do this?
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.
OK. But given that I said "install Haskell" in *this* location, I sort of expected all my Haskell stuff to go there. But thanks for the information, I can fix this now. Paul.