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        On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Vagif Verdi 
That will give you only ghc 7.6.2. If you want latest haskell-platform, source compile is the only option. And btw it is not THAT painful :) You run the script, wait 2-3 minutes and tada!
Ok so someone is very confused -- maybe me :-) http://askubuntu.com/questions/286764/how-to-install-haskell-platform-for-ub... seems to say that compiling from source takes like two full nights!! Am I missing something?