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

[Wes Morgan]

On Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 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...
> 
> 
It is listed as a requirement, see here under Requirements: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation


In fact, that page states that the recommended installation script will attempt to install Xcode for you. So that's probably where it was asking for an Apple Developer ID, which is free, $0, not $99, not $1, free.

> 
> 
> ...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... 
> 
> 
Let me reiterate one more time: *You do NOT need to pay Apple any amount of money to install Homebrew or GHC or Xcode.* I have all three installed and I haven't paid Apple a dime for my Developer ID that allowed me to download Xcode.


Go here to register a free Apple Developer ID that will allow you to download Xcode: http://developer.apple.com/programs/register/


Notice the reassuring "Free" right next to the button. It's free. Really.

> 
> 
> -----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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