[Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to installing GHCI on MAC

Mon Jan 24 18:29:57 CET 2011

Good morning,

No luck.I tried to get a new password but I've been waiting for over an hour
and no response from Apple.

I think the problem is that the ampersand '@' in my Apple name is invalid
[according to their site and therefore they can not give me a password].

.looks like I'll have to go to my Apple store and get some help or an
installation disk for Xcode.

I have the PC up and running, so I'll work with it in the mean time.

I thought Macs were supposed to be easy to use.

Thanks again.

-----Original Message-----
From: beginners-bounces at haskell.org [mailto:beginners-bounces at haskell.org]
On Behalf Of JETkoten
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 10:26 AM
To: beginners at haskell.org
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to installing
GHCI on MAC

You're welcome. While you wait for Apple, why not try one more time?

Go to this page:

http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/ios/ios_sdk_4.2__
final/xcode_3.2.5_and_ios_sdk_4.2_final.dmg

It will ask you for your Apple ID and password, put in 

kmandpjlynch at verizon.net

for user and add your password.

If your login is not working, that might be why you get the invalid message?
If so, click the blue Forgot Password? link and it will reset your password
for you and email you to let you make a new one so that you can then log in
and get the file I linked above.

After you log in, it should pop up a window and ask to Save or Cancel.
Choose Save, wait for the download to finish, open the .dmg by double
clicking and the rest should work.

You don't need the Apple ID for installing Xcode just your OSX system
password... 

I'm not sure exactly what part of the install isn't working with your Xcode
install, but I think you're pretty close to getting it working.

On 1/24/11 9:35 AM, patricklynch wrote: 

Thanks for the 'heads up'.

I got a 'free' Apple ID but it didn't work with the Apple download of
Xcode...the Apple ID that I received from them was
'kmandpjlynch at verizon.net' which is my email address...this gives the
invalid message...

I've notified Apple of this and am awaiting an answer from them...

Good day

-----Original Message-----
From: beginners-bounces at haskell.org [mailto:beginners-bounces at haskell.org]
On Behalf Of JETkoten
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 5:37 AM
To: beginners at haskell.org
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to installing
GHCI on MAC

Xcode is needed on the Mac to install *anything* that's not already a 
ready made (pre-compiled binary) program. Once you've got Xcode 
installed, it really does get easier!

It is different than the PC because the Mac is using Xcode to convert 
the GHC and other Haskell platform files from the source code that 
people can read to a complied binary program that the computer can read 
and that can run on your Mac. On the PC what you downloaded and 
installed was already compiled before you downloaded it.

Once you get your free developer.apple.com account you then look for the 
link for Xcode and pick the one for your version of OSX (10.4 or 10.5 or 
10.6).

Download the file and when it finishes you can just double click it on 
the download window and it'll run the installer, or at least take you to 
the downloaded installer in whatever folder it is in so you can then 
double click installer file and make it run. I forget which way it works 
right now, but one of those will work.

It'll then have you agree to the software license, and ask for your 
system password.

Write it in, then wait a while for it to finish. It'll tell you when 
it's done... and after that you can try to install the Haskell platform 
again and it should work.

This is the beginner list: "Here, there is no such thing as a 'stupid 
question.'" Any other problems with your install? Post them back to the 
list. You don't have to give up on it... keep at it and people here will 
help you through.

On 1/23/11 5:20 PM, patricklynch wrote:

...i tried the March 2010 installation on the MAC and I get the same
result...if there is a requirement for Xcode, shouldn't it be listed in

the

Installation Instructions... I tried another installation but it too
required Xcode...

...again, I was able to install GHC on a PC and was able to install HUGs

on

the Mac...

...really frustrating... I'm not going to pay Apple $99, so I may have to
give up on the Mac for a while - bummer...

-----Original Message-----
From: patricklynch [mailto:kmandpjlynch at verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 4:44 PM
To: 'Antoine Latter'
Cc: 'Wes Morgan'; 'beginners at haskell.org'
Subject: RE: [Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to installing
GHCI on MAC

...sorry for being a 'klutz' - but I'm new to the mac too...
...i'm guessing that I have Xcode installed...i see an X icon that has an
X11 label - when I click it, it displays nothing...bummer...
...since I was able to install Hugs I'm guessing that Xcode is
installed...however, I have no way of knowing if this is true...and Apple
wants $99 for a Developer fee, bummer...I was not given an installation
disk...

I went to the site: haskage.haskell.org\platform\mac.html...
It gives me a three step installation procedure...
...the  1st deletes any previous installation of GHC - this worked...
...the  2nd gets me to a screen that states Standard install on "Macintosh
HD"; with a message: click Install...{however, the Install Button can not

be

clicked}...this is as far as I can get...

-----Original Message-----
From: Antoine Latter [mailto:aslatter at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 2:55 PM
To: patricklynch
Cc: Wes Morgan; beginners at haskell.org
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to installing
GHCI on MAC

The problem I had at first with the Haskell Platform installer was
that I didn't have Xcode installed.

This should be on one of the OS X install discs, I think. You can also
download it from Apple:

http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html

It might be easier if you could send us the error message you're getting.

Antoine

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:18 PM, patricklynch
<mailto:kmandpjlynch at verizon.net> <kmandpjlynch at verizon.net>
wrote:

...i tried to use the installation for Mac at Haskell.org, but it gives

me

an error message [something like: call your software vendor]...

...i tried the Homebrew, see email below,  but it wants my Apple

Developer

id...i don't have one...

...i installed it on my pc and all it took was a single keystroke...
...i installed Hugs on my Mac without any problem..

...i'd appreciate any help, I really need to work with ghc on my mac

Go Jets

-----Original Message-----
From: beginners-bounces at haskell.org

[mailto:beginners-bounces at haskell.org]

On Behalf Of Wes Morgan
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 7:36 AM
To: beginners at haskell.org
Subject: Re: [Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to installing
GHCI on MAC

I just used Homebrew (http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/). Once that's
installed, 'brew install ghc' gets you GHC, GHCi, cabal, etc.

Wes

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