[Haskell-beginners] can't make distribution, requires rerunning ./configure

[Josh Stratton]

Maybe I'm confused, but I did download the binary package.  That's the one
I can't install.  I downloaded the binary package and followed the steps in
the INSTALL file which included running the configure step (with an
optional prefix) and "make install".  I don't think it's actually building
ghc.  I can try the haskell platform to see what happens.


On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Karl Voelker <ktvoelker at gmail.com> wrote:

> This isn't exactly an answer to your question, but have you considered
> using the Haskell Platform (which is recommended for most purposes) or a
> GHC binary package?
>
> http://www.haskell.org/platform/
> http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_6_2#binaries
>
> -Karl
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Josh Stratton <strattonbrazil at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  I recently downloaded the ghc distribution for Linux (x86_64) and had
>> difficulty installing to my machine.  The configure step seems to have
>> completed successfully, but when I run the followup "make install", it
>> fails suggesting that I haven't run the configure command yet.
>>
>> atlas => ./configure --prefix=/opt/ghc
>> checking for path to top of build tree... /tmp/ghc-7.6.2
>> Build platform inferred as: x86_64-unknown-linux
>> Host platform inferred as: x86_64-unknown-linux
>> Target platform inferred as: x86_64-unknown-linux
>> GHC build  : x86_64-unknown-linux
>> GHC host   : x86_64-unknown-linux
>> GHC target : x86_64-unknown-linux
>> checking for perl... /rel/map/generic-2012.18.last/bin/perl
>> checking if your perl works in shell scripts... yes
>> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>> checking whether ln -s works... yes
>> checking for gsed... sed
>> checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc
>> checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc
>> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>> checking for suffix of executables...
>> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>> checking for suffix of object files... o
>> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
>> checking whether /usr/bin/gcc accepts -g... yes
>> checking for /usr/bin/gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
>> checking version of gcc... 4.4.6
>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/gcc -E
>> checking whether ld understands --hash-size=31...
>> checking whether ld understands --reduce-memory-overheads...
>> checking for extra options to pass gcc when compiling via C...  -fwrapv
>> checking Setting up CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, IGNORE_LINKER_LD_FLAGS and
>> CPPFLAGS... done
>> checking Setting up CONF_CC_OPTS_STAGE0, CONF_GCC_LINKER_OPTS_STAGE0,
>> CONF_LD_LINKER_OPTS_STAGE0 and CONF_CPP_OPTS_STAGE0... done
>> checking Setting up CONF_CC_OPTS_STAGE1, CONF_GCC_LINKER_OPTS_STAGE1,
>> CONF_LD_LINKER_OPTS_STAGE1 and CONF_CPP_OPTS_STAGE1... done
>> checking Setting up CONF_CC_OPTS_STAGE2, CONF_GCC_LINKER_OPTS_STAGE2,
>> CONF_LD_LINKER_OPTS_STAGE2 and CONF_CPP_OPTS_STAGE2... done
>> checking for .subsections_via_symbols... no
>> checking whether your assembler supports .ident directive... yes
>> checking for GNU non-executable stack support... yes
>> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
>> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
>> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
>> checking for sys/types.h... yes
>> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
>> checking for stdlib.h... yes
>> checking for string.h... yes
>> checking for memory.h... yes
>> checking for strings.h... yes
>> checking for inttypes.h... yes
>> checking for stdint.h... yes
>> checking for unistd.h... yes
>> checking size of void *... 8
>> checking for ar... /usr/bin/ar
>> checking whether /usr/bin/ar is GNU ar... yes
>> checking for ar arguments... q
>> checking whether ranlib is needed... no
>> configure: creating ./config.status
>> config.status: creating settings
>> config.status: creating mk/config.mk
>> config.status: creating mk/install.mk
>> ****************************************************
>> Configuration done, ready to 'make install'
>> (see README and INSTALL files for more info.)
>> ****************************************************
>>
>>                                                               atlas => make
>> install
>> make -r --no-print-directory -f ghc.mk install BINDIST=YES
>> NO_INCLUDE_DEPS=YES
>> ghc.mk:122: *** Please run ./configure first.  Stop.
>> make: *** [install] Error 2
>>
>>
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