
I'd like to install the GHC 7.0.1 RC on my mac (Snow Leopard, x86_64), but I don't want it to run over my current GHC 6.12.2 install. If I use the .pkg installer, it doesn't allow me to select the destination, and I worry that it will overwrite my 6.12.2 install. If I try to build from source, that requires me to use my current GHC, which (as I understand) would build for 32 bit. What other options do I have, or am I misunderstanding something? ------ Edward Amsden Undergraduate Computer Science Rochester Institute of Technology

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Edward Amsden
I'd like to install the GHC 7.0.1 RC on my mac (Snow Leopard, x86_64), but I don't want it to run over my current GHC 6.12.2 install.
If I use the .pkg installer, it doesn't allow me to select the destination, and I worry that it will overwrite my 6.12.2 install.
If I try to build from source, that requires me to use my current GHC, which (as I understand) would build for 32 bit.
What other options do I have, or am I misunderstanding something?
Does GHC 7 support 64 bit? For some reason I had thought it was still 32 bit. Antoine

you can:
mv /Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework /Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework.2
then install GHC 7
just toggle between those paths to switch version ...
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Edward Amsden
I'd like to install the GHC 7.0.1 RC on my mac (Snow Leopard, x86_64), but I don't want it to run over my current GHC 6.12.2 install.
If I use the .pkg installer, it doesn't allow me to select the destination, and I worry that it will overwrite my 6.12.2 install.
If I try to build from source, that requires me to use my current GHC, which (as I understand) would build for 32 bit.
What other options do I have, or am I misunderstanding something? ------ Edward Amsden Undergraduate Computer Science Rochester Institute of Technology _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
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