[Haskell-beginners] Re: Haskell OpenGL trouble

[Heinrich Apfelmus]

Matt f wrote:
> I am currently running Mac OS 10.5.7, and I have install many Haskell files,
> compiled a bouncing ball example, fixed the enableGUI bug, tried an IDE, and
> have started installing graphics libraries.
> I am using Cabal in the terminal to install what I need, though whenever I
> try to install opengl or a package of opengl; it comes up with an error.
> 
> Macintosh-2:opengl matthew$ sudo cabal install
> Resolving dependencies...
> Configuring OpenGLRaw-1.0.1.0...
> cabal: Missing dependency on a foreign library:
> * Missing C library: GL
> 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.
> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
> GLURaw-1.0.0.0 depends on OpenGLRaw-1.0.1.0 which failed to install.
> OpenGL-2.3.0.0 depends on OpenGLRaw-1.0.1.0 which failed to install.
> OpenGLRaw-1.0.1.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
> exit: ExitFailure 1
> Macintosh-2:opengl matthew$
> 
> It appears that I have zoned onto the bit that's causing all this mess, I'm
> missing a C library: GL.

OpenGL is installed on MacOS X by default; it looks like the .cabal file
is missing a

   -framework OpenGL

flag or similar.


Write an email to the package maintainer, listed on

    http://hackage.haskell.org/package/OpenGLRaw



Regards,
apfelmus

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