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

Wed Jan 26 07:12:23 CET 2011

When you get the Apple account stuff sorted out and you are about to  
install X Code, make sure that you install the Unix Developers tools  
or you will get frustrated again with trying to install GHC.  Also,  
which Mac are you using?  If it's Intel based you should be ok, but if  
it's a PowerPC be careful which version of GHC you try to install - it  
doesn't seem to work with the later versions.

::paul

On Jan 24, 2011, at 9:29 AM, patricklynch wrote:

> 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<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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