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

[patricklynch]

...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 <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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