Installing ghc-7.10.2 linux binary distro on SuSE

[Levent Erkok]

I really like the idea of nix. Alas, generating native binaries that can
run on SuSE without being in the nix environment is a requirement that's
hard to let go. (Everyone in my group would have to start using nix, a tall
order.)

Thanks for the advice however, it can indeed come handy for one-off trials
if needed. In the meantime, I'm still looking for a binary-linux-distro
that doesn't require the set_threadname_np functionality, if anyone can
point me in that direction.

Thanks,

-Levent.




On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Kosyrev Serge <_deepfire at feelingofgreen.ru>
wrote:

> Levent Erkok <erkokl at gmail.com> writes:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've been having a lot of trouble installing the binary-distro's on a
> > SuSE machine. Unfortunately, I don't have root privileges and thus my
> > options are rather limited.
> >
> > The problem seem to boil down to the use of the function
> > pthread_setname_np. It appears the problem was noted before, and Simon
> > Marlow added a corresponding configure check for platforms that do not
> > have this function. See here:
> > https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2014-October/006707.html
> >
> > Alas, none of the binary distributions listed on
> > https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_10_2#binaries seem to be
> > built against a system that does not have this function. So, I was
> > unable to install 7.10.2 successfully.
> >
> > Essentially, I'm looking for a binary distro on SuSE, or with a libc
> > that doesn't have the GNU extensions such as pthread_setname_np; if
> > anyone would be kind enough to put out such a binary distro, that'd
> > really be appreciated.
> >
> > (Yes, I tried building from the source; but in the corporate
> > environment with so many things controlled, that did not go very far.)
>
> You could try the Nix route, which, conceptually, would boil down to:
>
> 1. Installing the Nix package manager into your $HOME on the SuSE system
> 2. Use Nix to install GHC
>
> Which expands to:
>
> 1. Following the instructions at:
>
>
> https://nixos.org/wiki/How_to_install_nix_in_home_%28on_another_distribution%29#PRoot_Installation
>
> 2. Invoking:
>
>   nix-env -iA haskellPackages.ghc
>
> This would require only HTTP access, which, I presume, should be
> available within the corporate environment.
>
> All the packages from Hackage can be had precompiled from Nixpkgs,
> but that's slightly more involved and requires some reading:
>
>
> http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#users-guide-to-the-haskell-infrastructure
>
> Should you meet trouble, you can always seek help either at
> nix-dev at lists.science.uu.nl, or on the #nixos/irc.freenode.net IRC
> channel -- both have a vibrant nightlife^W Haskell community.
>
> --
> с уважениeм / respectfully,
> Косырев Серёга
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