[Haskell-beginners] Installation problems

[Jeffrey Brown]

Problem solved. I reinstalled Mac OS 10.9, retaining no programs or
settings, just ordinary user-land files. Now everything works beautifully :)

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Jeffrey Brown <jeffbrown.the at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In trying to install Tidal, following something that worked for someone
> else who was getting an error similar to one I got, I ran
> ghc-clang-wrapper
> <https://gist.github.com/mzero/7245290#file-ghc-clang-wrapper>. I believe
> it was after that that cabal install stopped working, and I lost a lot of
> libraries that used to exist, such as Sound.MIDI:
>
>     GHCi, version 7.8.3: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
>     Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
>     Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done.
>     Loading package base ... linking ... done.
>     Prelude> import Sound.MIDI
>
>     <no location info>:
>         Could not find module ‘Sound.MIDI’
>         It is not a module in the current program, or in any known package.
>     Prelude>
>
> When I try to reinstall a library that used to exist -- e.g. "hosc", below
> -- via cabal install, I now get a giant slew of failures.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Many thanks,
> Jeff
>
>     sh-3.2# cabal install hosc
>     Resolving dependencies...
>     In order, the following will be installed:
>     binary-0.7.2.2 (new version)
>     data-binary-ieee754-0.4.4 (reinstall) changes: base-4.7.0.1 added,
>     binary-0.7.2.2 added
>     network-2.6.0.2 (new package)
>     text-1.2.0.0 (new package)
>     blaze-builder-0.3.3.4 (reinstall) changes: base-4.7.0.1 added,
>     bytestring-0.10.4.0 added, text-1.2.0.0 added
>     hosc-0.15 (new version)
>     Warning: Note that reinstalls are always dangerous. Continuing
> anyway...
>     Downloading binary-0.7.2.2...
>     Configuring network-2.6.0.2...
>     Configuring text-1.2.0.0...
>     Failed to install network-2.6.0.2
>     Build log ( /var/root/.cabal/logs/network-2.6.0.2.log ):
>     Failed to install text-1.2.0.0
>     Build log ( /var/root/.cabal/logs/text-1.2.0.0.log ):
>     Configuring binary-0.7.2.2...
>     Failed to install binary-0.7.2.2
>     Build log ( /var/root/.cabal/logs/binary-0.7.2.2.log ):
>     cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>     binary-0.7.2.2 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
>     user error (<command line>: cannot satisfy -package-id
>     Cabal-1.20.0.2-b862897337f86101d0e1a35135984eff:
>     Cabal-1.20.0.2-b862897337f86101d0e1a35135984eff is unusable due to
> missing or
>     recursive dependencies:
>     base-4.7.0.1-df210ede1eb79477fef5662549c32927
>     bytestring-0.10.4.0-4aa78c8ca7b6b65993eefc131f7d94fa
>     containers-0.5.5.1-0d8db9193d3e3371e0142bcc8a4a0721
>     deepseq-1.3.0.2-8f63133c1b77f3b3190f04893cf340e4
>     directory-1.2.1.0-af5afa2b9b551d3fec1a32d6bfd8bd72
>     process-1.2.0.0-3a472e9c66165e506513ea8f145681a0
>     time-1.4.2-d6766dce59812a4b19375d9595549a8b
>     unix-2.7.0.1-8adde3f1f2079286da56b30898c2d703
>     (use -v for more information)
>     )
>     blaze-builder-0.3.3.4 depends on text-1.2.0.0 which failed to install.
>     data-binary-ieee754-0.4.4 depends on binary-0.7.2.2 which failed to
> install.
>     hosc-0.15 depends on binary-0.7.2.2 which failed to install.
>     network-2.6.0.2 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
>     user error (<command line>: cannot satisfy -package-id
>     Cabal-1.20.0.2-b862897337f86101d0e1a35135984eff:
>     Cabal-1.20.0.2-b862897337f86101d0e1a35135984eff is unusable due to
> missing or
>     recursive dependencies:
>     base-4.7.0.1-df210ede1eb79477fef5662549c32927
>     bytestring-0.10.4.0-4aa78c8ca7b6b65993eefc131f7d94fa
>     containers-0.5.5.1-0d8db9193d3e3371e0142bcc8a4a0721
>     deepseq-1.3.0.2-8f63133c1b77f3b3190f04893cf340e4
>     directory-1.2.1.0-af5afa2b9b551d3fec1a32d6bfd8bd72
>     process-1.2.0.0-3a472e9c66165e506513ea8f145681a0
>     time-1.4.2-d6766dce59812a4b19375d9595549a8b
>     unix-2.7.0.1-8adde3f1f2079286da56b30898c2d703
>     (use -v for more information)
>     )
>     text-1.2.0.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
>     user error (<command line>: cannot satisfy -package-id
>     Cabal-1.20.0.2-b862897337f86101d0e1a35135984eff:
>     Cabal-1.20.0.2-b862897337f86101d0e1a35135984eff is unusable due to
> missing or
>     recursive dependencies:
>     base-4.7.0.1-df210ede1eb79477fef5662549c32927
>     bytestring-0.10.4.0-4aa78c8ca7b6b65993eefc131f7d94fa
>     containers-0.5.5.1-0d8db9193d3e3371e0142bcc8a4a0721
>     deepseq-1.3.0.2-8f63133c1b77f3b3190f04893cf340e4
>     directory-1.2.1.0-af5afa2b9b551d3fec1a32d6bfd8bd72
>     process-1.2.0.0-3a472e9c66165e506513ea8f145681a0
>     time-1.4.2-d6766dce59812a4b19375d9595549a8b
>     unix-2.7.0.1-8adde3f1f2079286da56b30898c2d703
>     (use -v for more information)
>     )
>
>
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