On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Vagif Verdi <vagif.verdi@gmail.com> wrote:
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-ubuntu-13-04

seems to say that compiling from source takes like two full nights!!
 
Am I missing something?