Hi All, I have our own Linux distribution installed in my server. it is based on RedHat 9.0. Because it is the server, I can not update it to any other linux distribution Here is my situation, I have no machine with any version of ghc installed. This is what I did % wget http://haskell.org/ghc/dist/6.10.1/ghc-6.10.1-src.tar.bz2 % wget http://haskell.org/ghc/dist/6.10.1/ghc-6.10.1-src-extralibs.tar.bz2 % tar -jxf ghc-6.10.1-src-extralibs.tar.bz2 %tar -jxvf ghc-6.10.1-src.tar.bz2 % cd ghc-6.10.1 % sh boot grep: packages: No such file or directory Booting . Booting libraries/base Booting libraries/directory /usr/share/aclocal/libgcrypt.m4:23: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_LIBGCRYPT run info '(automake)Extending aclocal' or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal /usr/share/aclocal/ao.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of XIPH_PATH_AO Booting libraries/editline Booting libraries/network Booting libraries/old-time Booting libraries/process Booting libraries/regex-posix Booting libraries/time Booting libraries/unix % ./configure checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Canonicalised to: x86_64-unknown-linux checking for ghc... no checking for ghc-pkg matching ... no checking for ghc-pkg... no checking whether ghc has editline package... no checking for nhc... no checking for nhc98... no checking for hbc... no checking for ld... /usr/local/bin/ld configure: error: GHC is required unless bootstrapping from .hc files. I know http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Prerequisites said that GHC 6.6 is required to build and install the GHC 6.10.1 So I try to follow the instructions http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Porting. Because I don't have any ghc installed in any machine. I have to use the "Porting GHC to a new platform " %./configure --enable-hc-boot --enable-hc-boot-unregisterised checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Canonicalised to: x86_64-unknown-linux checking for ghc... no checking for ghc-pkg matching ... no checking for ghc-pkg... no checking whether ghc has editline package... no checking for nhc... no checking for nhc98... no checking for hbc... no checking for ld... /usr/local/bin/ld checking for path to top of build tree... ./configure: line 2733: -v0: command not found ./configure: line 2737: utils/pwd/pwd: No such file or directory configure: error: cannot determine current directory I think it is because the utils/pwd/pwd.hs is not compiled and linked into the ``pwd''. So I create a bash version of pwd #!/bin/bash pwd And m make it executeble, chmod +x utils/pwd/pwd Then I try to run the ./configure --enable-hc-boot --enable-hc-boot-unregisterised again %./configure --enable-hc-boot --enable-hc-boot-unregisterised again %cd includes %make %cd .. Finnally, I found I still need ghc is intalled on the host machine. %perl --version This is perl, v5.8.5 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. %gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. %make --version GNU Make 3.80 Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. %autoconf --version autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59 Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille. Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. %automake --version automake (GNU automake) 1.9.2 Written by Tom Tromey . Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. %sed --version GNU sed version 4.1.2 Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, to the extent permitted by law. %diff --version diff (GNU diffutils) 2.8.1 Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING. Written by Paul Eggert, Mike Haertel, David Hayes, Richard Stallman, and Len Tower. %python -V Python 2.3.4 Best Regards Chunye Wang