problems installing ghc-6.12.1-x86_64

Dear all, Help!! I am trying to build 6.12 on a fresh 64-bit Ubuntu, with no GHC installed yet. The compiler itself builds happily, but when I try to "make install" the Haskell platform, I eventually get the error Setup: GLUT-2.1.1.2: dependency "OpenGL-2.2.1.1-b638210d1627880d532e3b035b53bcd2" doesn't exist (use --force to override) I can't even install cabal, because it requires having the ghc6 package, which is not installed. And bootstrapping cabal-install requires parsec and network, which also require ghc6. When I finally install ghc6 (why should I have to anyway?), it still thinks I am on 6.12, and ./bootstrap.sh can't find parsec with that number. Is there anyway to break out of this non-terminating reduction? Is YI solvable? :'"( Andrew

Andrew Polonsky
Help!! I am trying to build 6.12 on a fresh 64-bit Ubuntu, with no GHC installed yet. The compiler itself builds happily, but when I try to "make install" the Haskell platform, I eventually get the error
The Haskell Platform is currently for GHC 6.10.4, not 6.12.1. Assuch, there's no guarantees. -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Ivan.Miljenovic@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 18:17, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic
Andrew Polonsky
writes: Help!! I am trying to build 6.12 on a fresh 64-bit Ubuntu, with no GHC installed yet. The compiler itself builds happily, but when I try to "make install" the Haskell platform, I eventually get the error
The Haskell Platform is currently for GHC 6.10.4, not 6.12.1. Assuch, there's no guarantees.
Ah, that makes sense of course. But what about cabal? Is it possible to get cabal working without having the ghc package installed? Isn't there a way to set the whole thing up from the latest GHC, without dependence on distribution repositories? Thanks again, Andrew
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