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

[Antoine Latter]

That doesn't sound like Xcode, that sounds like X11.

What do you get when you do a Spotlight search for "xcode"?

Antoine

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 3:44 PM, patricklynch <kmandpjlynch at verizon.net> wrote:
> ...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 <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
>>
>> On Jan 23, 2011, at 6:00 AM, "beginners-request at haskell.org"
>> <beginners-request at haskell.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Re: [Haskell-beginners] Looking for some guidance to
>>>    installing GHCI on MAC
>>
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