On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Sean McAfee <eefacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> ~$ cabal install terminfo
> Resolving dependencies...
> Configuring terminfo-0.4.0.0...

At this point, the command hangs, and I notice my mouse cursor has
transformed into a crosshair image for some reason.  I can't click on
anything normally, but after several clicks around the screen, the
command resumes:

> /home/mcafee/node-v0.10.31/configure: line 10: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> /home/mcafee/node-v0.10.31/configure: line 10: `CC = os.environ.get('CC', 'cc')'
> Failed to install terminfo-0.4.0.0
> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
> terminfo-0.4.0.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
> ExitFailure 2

This means that /home/mcafee/node-v0.10.31/configure, which is apparently a python script, is for some reason getting run by a shell instead. ("import" is a utility that takes a screenshot of a single window which you select with the crosshair cursor, and is also a string often found near the beginning of python scripts.)

How you got into this situation, I haven't the foggiest idea. Hope this helps!

Regards,
Reid Barton