Installation failed

Simon Peyton Jones simonpj at microsoft.com
Fri May 31 08:17:31 UTC 2019


Few points, If you run Windows 10 (Pro?), you can setup to make symlinks without needing administrator privileges
Actually I've now switched to using the Windows Subsytem for Linux (WSL), which works pretty well and means that I don't need to be the beta-tester for windows :-).   I should have said - this thread is about Ubuntu Linux in WSL.
- `cabal update-config` should populate your ~/.cabal/config with new default configuration. which will have install-dir: there too. You can also manually edit it to add the new configuration option.
Alas not:

bash$ cabal update-config

cabal: unrecognised command: update-config (try --help)

bash$ cabal --version

cabal-install version 3.0.0.0

compiled using version 3.0.0.0 of the Cabal library
Perhaps my cabal is out of date.  Hmm.  Maybe I should try to update it?

bash$ cabal update cabal

cabal: 'v2-update' repo(s): "cabal" can not be found in known remote repo(s):

hackage.haskell.org
Nope.  Maybe I should just install it afresh?  Maybe that would update it?

basj$ cabal install cabal

Resolving dependencies...

cabal: Could not resolve dependencies:

[__0] trying: cabal-0.0.0.0 (user goal)

[__1] unknown package: youProbablyWantCapitalCabal (dependency of cabal)

[__1] fail (backjumping, conflict set: cabal, youProbablyWantCapitalCabal)

After searching the rest of the dependency tree exhaustively, these were the

goals I've had most trouble fulfilling: cabal, youProbablyWantCapitalCabal
Oh dear.  I have a vague hind-brain memory that you have to install "cabal-install" rather than "cabal".   Let's try that.
<long output shown later>
That failed too.  Clutching at straws, that "youProbablyWantCapitalCabal" is suggestive. Let's try:

bash$ cabal install Cabal

Resolving dependencies...

Up to date

cabal: installdir is not defined. Set it in your cabal config file or use

--installdir=<path>
Back to that again.
I'm not truly stuck on any of this.  But somehow my high failure rate is discouraging, and I thought you'd probably want to know how I stumbled.
Where could I read about the difference between "cabal install Cabal" and "cabal install cabal-install"?
Simon
Here's the cabal install cabal-install output, which has a totally new failure.  Something about zlib.h, but I have no idea how to fix it.

simonpj at MSRC-3645512:~/tmp$ cabal install cabal-install

Resolving dependencies...

Build profile: -w ghc-8.6.4 -O1

In order, the following will be built (use -v for more details):

- async-2.2.1 (lib) (requires download & build)

- base16-bytestring-0.1.1.6 (lib:base16-bytestring) (requires download & build)

- base64-bytestring-1.0.0.2 (lib) (requires build)

- cryptohash-sha256-0.11.101.0 (lib) (requires download & build)

- digest-0.0.1.2 (lib:digest) (requires download & build)

- echo-0.1.3 (lib) (requires download & build)

- ed25519-0.0.5.0 (lib) (requires download & build)

- edit-distance-0.2.2.1 (lib) (requires download & build)

- hsc2hs-0.68.4 (exe:hsc2hs) (requires download & build)

- network-uri-2.6.1.0 (lib) (requires download & build)

- tar-0.5.1.0 (lib) (requires download & build)

- zlib-0.6.2 (lib) (requires download & build)

- resolv-0.1.1.2 (lib:resolv) (requires download & build)

- network-3.1.0.0 (lib:network) (requires download & build)

- zip-archive-0.4.1 (lib) (requires download & build)

- hackage-security-0.5.3.0 (lib) (requires download & build)

- HTTP-4000.3.13 (lib) (requires download & build)

- cabal-install-2.4.1.0 (exe:cabal) (requires download & build)

Downloading  base16-bytestring-0.1.1.6

Starting     base64-bytestring-1.0.0.2 (lib)

Downloaded   base16-bytestring-0.1.1.6

Downloading  cryptohash-sha256-0.11.101.0

Starting     base16-bytestring-0.1.1.6 (all, legacy fallback)

Downloaded   cryptohash-sha256-0.11.101.0

Downloading  digest-0.0.1.2

Starting     cryptohash-sha256-0.11.101.0 (lib)

Building     base64-bytestring-1.0.0.2 (lib)

Downloaded   digest-0.0.1.2

Downloading  ed25519-0.0.5.0

Building     base16-bytestring-0.1.1.6 (all, legacy fallback)

Starting     digest-0.0.1.2 (all, legacy fallback)

Downloaded   ed25519-0.0.5.0

Downloading  zlib-0.6.2

Starting     ed25519-0.0.5.0 (lib)

Building     cryptohash-sha256-0.11.101.0 (lib)

Downloaded   zlib-0.6.2

Downloading  resolv-0.1.1.2

Installing   base16-bytestring-0.1.1.6 (all, legacy fallback)

Starting     zlib-0.6.2 (lib)

Building     ed25519-0.0.5.0 (lib)

Installing   base64-bytestring-1.0.0.2 (lib)

Downloaded   resolv-0.1.1.2

Downloading  echo-0.1.3

Completed    base16-bytestring-0.1.1.6 (all, legacy fallback)

Completed    base64-bytestring-1.0.0.2 (lib)

Downloaded   echo-0.1.3

Downloading  hsc2hs-0.68.4

Starting     echo-0.1.3 (lib)

Downloaded   hsc2hs-0.68.4

Downloading  network-3.1.0.0

Starting     hsc2hs-0.68.4 (exe:hsc2hs)

Installing   cryptohash-sha256-0.11.101.0 (lib)

Downloaded   network-3.1.0.0

Downloading  edit-distance-0.2.2.1

Completed    cryptohash-sha256-0.11.101.0 (lib)

Building     echo-0.1.3 (lib)

Downloaded   edit-distance-0.2.2.1

Downloading  tar-0.5.1.0

Starting     edit-distance-0.2.2.1 (lib)

Building     hsc2hs-0.68.4 (exe:hsc2hs)

Downloaded   tar-0.5.1.0

Downloading  async-2.2.1

Starting     tar-0.5.1.0 (lib)

Downloaded   async-2.2.1

Downloading  network-uri-2.6.1.0

Installing   echo-0.1.3 (lib)

Starting     async-2.2.1 (lib)

Installing   ed25519-0.0.5.0 (lib)

Building     edit-distance-0.2.2.1 (lib)

Downloaded   network-uri-2.6.1.0

Downloading  zip-archive-0.4.1

Starting     network-uri-2.6.1.0 (lib)

Completed    echo-0.1.3 (lib)

Completed    ed25519-0.0.5.0 (lib)

Building     tar-0.5.1.0 (lib)

Downloaded   zip-archive-0.4.1

Downloading  HTTP-4000.3.13

Building     async-2.2.1 (lib)

Building     network-uri-2.6.1.0 (lib)

Downloaded   HTTP-4000.3.13

Downloading  hackage-security-0.5.3.0

Downloaded   hackage-security-0.5.3.0

Downloading  cabal-install-2.4.1.0

Downloaded   cabal-install-2.4.1.0

Installing   async-2.2.1 (lib)

Installing   edit-distance-0.2.2.1 (lib)

Completed    async-2.2.1 (lib)

Completed    edit-distance-0.2.2.1 (lib)

Installing   hsc2hs-0.68.4 (exe:hsc2hs)

Completed    hsc2hs-0.68.4 (exe:hsc2hs)

Installing   network-uri-2.6.1.0 (lib)

Completed    network-uri-2.6.1.0 (lib)

Installing   tar-0.5.1.0 (lib)

Completed    tar-0.5.1.0 (lib)



Failed to build digest-0.0.1.2. The failure occurred during the configure

step.

Build log (

/home/simonpj/.cabal/logs/ghc-8.6.4/digest-0.0.1.2-14bc149eb1d9c6a16b30ce20fef469dafeaea1cbba4f9615d23d3b4f1a2da8bd.log

):

Configuring digest-0.0.1.2...

cabal: Missing dependency on a foreign library:

* Missing (or bad) header file: zlib.h

* Missing (or bad) C library: z

This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that

provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library is

already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the flags

--extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where it is.If the

library file does exist, it may contain errors that are caught by the C

compiler at the preprocessing stage. In this case you can re-run configure

with the verbosity flag -v3 to see the error messages.

If the header file does exist, it may contain errors that are caught by the C

compiler at the preprocessing stage. In this case you can re-run configure

with the verbosity flag -v3 to see the error messages.





Failed to build zlib-0.6.2. The failure occurred during the configure step.

Build log (

/home/simonpj/.cabal/logs/ghc-8.6.4/zlib-0.6.2-2039caedabd32f9ed378900645b72766a462d68bf828625f67296cbc28fa173e.log

):

Configuring library for zlib-0.6.2..

cabal: Missing dependency on a foreign library:

* Missing (or bad) header file: zlib.h

* Missing (or bad) C library: z

This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that

provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library is

already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the flags

--extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where it is.If the

library file does exist, it may contain errors that are caught by the C

compiler at the preprocessing stage. In this case you can re-run configure

with the verbosity flag -v3 to see the error messages.

If the header file does exist, it may contain errors that are caught by the C

compiler at the preprocessing stage. In this case you can re-run configure

with the verbosity flag -v3 to see the error messages.



cabal: Failed to build digest-0.0.1.2 (which is required by

cabal-install-2.4.1.0). See the build log above for details.

Failed to build zlib-0.6.2 (which is required by cabal-install-2.4.1.0). See

the build log above for details.



From: Oleg Grenrus <oleg.grenrus at iki.fi>
Sent: 30 May 2019 20:30
To: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>; cabal-devel at haskell.org
Subject: Re: Installation failed


Hi again Simon,

Few points, If you run Windows 10 (Pro?), you can setup to make symlinks without needing administrator privileges. I used https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Symbolic-Links<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgit-for-windows%2Fgit%2Fwiki%2FSymbolic-Links&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7Cc6505497c8274b9295f508d6e5354490%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636948414300977009&sdata=jjJNh7GKC6HfcbNvLkkBHE52fnWQk1LRJOmAhV%2FHJ2E%3D&reserved=0> guide. Unfortunately I don't remember all the details I did (i.e. if the guide is complete), but enabling Developer Mode is easy to forget.

About installing and symlinking:
- `cabal update-config` should populate your ~/.cabal/config with new default configuration. which will have install-dir: there too. You can also manually edit it to add the new configuration option.
- Most of install woes are fixed in March [1], but there weren't a release with those fixes.

- [1] https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/5870
<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fhaskell%2Fcabal%2Fpull%2F5870&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7Cc6505497c8274b9295f508d6e5354490%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636948414300987006&sdata=b2kP0Ywfol9QhM4x8fErpjLl7C%2By7NPHeW%2BtFwINL2k%3D&reserved=0>

Cheers,
Oleg
On 30.5.2019 16.57, Simon Peyton Jones wrote:
Dear Cabal developers
More woe:

simonpj at MSRC-3645512:~$ cabal install lhs2tex

Resolving dependencies...

Up to date

cabal: installdir is not defined. Set it in your cabal config file or use

--installdir=<path>
In the olden days, didn't cabal install by default in ~/.cabal/bin?
Never mind, let's do what it asks:

simonpj at MSRC-3645512:~$ cabal install lhs2tex --installdir=/usr/bin

Resolving dependencies...

Up to date

Symlinking 'lhs2TeX'

/usr/bin/lhs2TeX: createSymbolicLink: permission denied (Permission denied)
Darn: I need to be super-user.  Fine:

simonpj at MSRC-3645512:~$ sudo cabal install lhs2tex --installdir=/usr/bin

[sudo] password for simonpj:

cabal: unrecognized 'install' option `--installdir=/usr/bin'
OK _now_ I really am stumped.  It asked me to provide that option, and now it says it's unrecognised.
(This is in a bash shell running in emacs, if it makes a difference.)
What next?
Thanks
Simon





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