Vasili I. Galchin wrote:

I am running Ubuntu Linux. I have forgotten what is the preferred means of upgrading. Download the source and compile it using my current compiler .. 6.8.2?

I would recommend to download the binary distribution for your architecture, unpack it and install it. http://www.haskell.org/ghc Regards, -- Jochem Berndsen | jochem@functor.nl GPG: 0xE6FABFAB