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collect2: ld terminated with signal 15 // PROBLEM SOLVED
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*** HASKELL PLATFORM
Building 
"/usr/haskell-platform-2010.2.0.0/bin/ghc" "--make" "Setup" "-o" "Setup" 
"-package" "Cabal-1.8.0.6" 
Linking Setup ... 
collect2: ld terminated with signal 15 [Terminated] 

Error: 
Compiling the Setup script failed 
make: *** [build.stamp] Error 2 


*** CABAL
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( Setup.lhs, Setup.o )
Linking Setup ...
collect2: ld terminated with signal 15 [Terminated]
Error during cabal-install bootstrap:
Compiling the Setup script failed


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UPDATE // collect2: ld problem solved : caused by lack of RAM
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It seems like the problems described above was caused by the system running out of memory. Initially I had only 512 MB of RAM on my server, but after an upgrade to 2 GB RAM the installation went fine without any problems at all. I realised this running "top" and seeing all the memory being consumed by GHC.

I ran into a couple of new problems trying to install the Platform, so I have not fully succeeded yet, but I am a lot closer...

(Note: I also installed GCC 4.4 (as mentioned by Mr Peterson) before I retried installing Cabal and the Haskell Platform , but I do not think that affected the build / compile process at all, since GHC and not GCC is used here. And GCC 4.4 is also installed next to 4.1 that presumably would be used by default (or am I wrong about this?))


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