I'm trying to bootstrap cabal-install on a shared system where I don't have root access. It got stuck on: Linking Setup ... Configuring zlib-0.5.4.0... Setup: Missing dependency on a foreign library: * Missing (or bad) header file: zlib.h * Missing C library: z This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library is already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the flags --extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where it is. So I unpacked zlib-dev into my home dir, and pointed $LIBRARY_PATH to it, but I'm still getting the same error. Do I need to modify the .cabal file for every package that I'm trying to install, or is there some way of telling it globally where to find libraries on non-standard paths? -- View this message in context: http://haskell.1045720.n5.nabble.com/Install-cabal-install-without-root-tp57... Sent from the Haskell - Libraries mailing list archive at Nabble.com.