Can't install 32-bit ghc-7.8.1 on 64-bit xubuntu 14.04

[Alain O'Dea]

install ia32-libs:
http://askubuntu.com/a/297155

YMMV.  You are much better off using 64-bit software on 64-bit Ubuntu.

> On Apr 11, 2014, at 10:33, kyra <kyrab at mail.ru> wrote:
> 
> Yup, I've already guessed this. More specifically: which :i386 packages should I install to make it work?
> 
> Regards,
> Kyra
> 
>> On 4/11/2014 13:57, Karel Gardas wrote:
>>> On 04/11/14 11:47 AM, kyra wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I have unpacked ghc-7.8.1-i386-unknown-linux-deb7.tar.xz to
>>> ~/data/Work/ghc-7.8.1-i386.
>>> 
>>> Now I have the following:
>>> 
>>> awson at awsonvirt:~/data/Work/ghc-7.8.1-i386$ ./configure
>>> --prefix=/home/awson/data/ghc-7.8.1-i386
>>> checking for path to top of build tree...
>>> utils/ghc-pwd/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-pwd-bindist: line 3:
>>> /home/awson/data/Work/ghc-7.8.1-i386/utils/ghc-pwd/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-pwd: 
>>> No such file or directory
>>> configure: error: cannot determine current directory
>>> 
>>> ghc-pwd is definitely there but it does not start it seems. Perhaps, the
>>> system lacks some shared libs or something.
>> ...
>> What you have forgotten is to install i386 libs on your purely amd64 xubuntu probably...
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Karel
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