Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 556 by mitun...@gmx.de: xmonad-contrib fails to install http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=556 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1.cabal install xmonad-contrib -flags="use_xft" --ghc-options="-pgmPcpphs -optP--cpp" 2. 3. What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Expected output is a succesful installation. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? GHC 7.6.3/cabal -install 1.16.02 Are you using an xmonad.hs? Please attach it and the output of "xmonad --recompile". Please provide any additional information below. Hi, I'm trying to build/install xmonad-contrib 0.11.2 with cabal. I already installed xmonad 0.11. successfully, but trying to install xmonad-contrib keeps on failing with a ranlib error. I'm on a mac (10.8.2). I even tried switching ranlib and ar to the binutils versions, but that attempt, failed too, though later than with clang. Here the end of the output ... Documentation created: dist/doc/html/xmonad-contrib/index.html Installing library in /Users/louis/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.6.3/lib/xmonad-contrib-0.11.2/lib /opt/bin/ranlib: /Users/louis/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.6.3/lib/xmonad-contrib-0.11.2/lib/libHSxmonad-contrib-0.11.2.a: Malformed archive Failed to install xmonad-contrib-0.11.2 cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: xmonad-contrib-0.11.2 failed during the final install step. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 ... Any suggestions? Attachments: xmonad.errors 115 bytes -- You received this message because this project is configured to send all issue notifications to this address. You may adjust your notification preferences at: https://code.google.com/hosting/settings