Installing GHC on my MacBook Air

George Colpitts george.colpitts at gmail.com
Wed Mar 15 18:14:07 UTC 2023


Somehow I missed that it is now working for you. Great! Definitely no need
to report a bug. Haskell is a great language. Enjoy!

Cheers
George


On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 3:07 PM William McEnaney <bill.mcenaney.jr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi, George,
>
> Now that the compiler runs, maybe I don't need to report a bug.
> ...
> Thanks for everything.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 1:17 PM George Colpitts <george.colpitts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> It's easy to forget to do replay all in gmail but it's important to do so
>> in these emails.
>>
>> In your original email you wrote:
>>
>> After installing the compiler, my laptop said its processor was wrong for
>> the binary distribution I chose. If there is a dmg file for *MacOS
>> 12.5.1,* please please link your reply to it.
>>
>>
>> Can you confirm that you no longer have the problem "of processor was
>> wrong for the binary distribution I chose." ?
>>
>> My understanding is that after that you got the error:
>>
>> libHSterminfo-0.4.1.5-ghc9.4.4.dylib” can’t be opened because Apple
>> cannot check it for malicious software.
>>
>> I then suggested you had encountered
>> https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/21506#note_447206  and I
>> suggested you do:
>>
>>  rm -fr /usr/local/bin/ghc*
>> rm -fr /usr/local/lib/ghc*
>> ./configure
>> sudo xattr -rc .
>> sudo make install
>>
>>
>> You said you did and got a warning "that some program wanted to access my
>> photos when I don't have any."
>>
>> Can you repeat those steps and cut and paste your terminal session into
>> an email?
>>
>> Unfortunately I am too busy to continue replying but with the above I
>> think somebody will be able to help you.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> George
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 1:59 PM William McEnaney <
>> bill.mcenaney.jr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, George,
>>>
>>> I'd be happy to do that for you. But I'm sure I can recall the
>>> information a GHC maintainer would need.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 12:41 PM George Colpitts <
>>> george.colpitts at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi William
>>>>
>>>> I think it's best if you submit a bug as described here
>>>> <https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/report-a-bug>
>>>>
>>>> Whether in email or in the bug report it is critical that you
>>>> describe how the reader can reproduce the bug, i.e. starting from the
>>>> beginning,  describe what you did and what error message(s) you got.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> George
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 1:34 PM William McEnaney <
>>>> bill.mcenaney.jr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, George,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I did. But I must have made a mistake. After I pasted them into a
>>>>> Terminal window, the machine warned me that some program wanted to access
>>>>> my photos when I don't have any.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 12:26 PM George Colpitts <
>>>>> george.colpitts at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For your latest problem
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  libHSterminfo-0.4.1.5-ghc9.4.4.dylib” can’t be opened because Apple
>>>>>> cannot check it for malicious software.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you try what I wrote in my last email:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  rm -fr /usr/local/bin/ghc*
>>>>>> rm -fr /usr/local/lib/ghc*
>>>>>> ./configure
>>>>>> sudo xattr -rc .
>>>>>> sudo make install
>>>>>>
>>>>>> George
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 1:20 PM William McEnaney <
>>>>>> bill.mcenaney.jr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for the help. Someone will tell me how to solve
>>>>>>> the problem, I hope because it stumped me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 12:10 PM Brandon Allbery <
>>>>>>> allbery.b at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That seems unlikely; it would report a permission error in that
>>>>>>>> case,
>>>>>>>> not that it had the wrong architecture.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 12:04 PM George Colpitts
>>>>>>>> <george.colpitts at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Hi Bill
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > I'm cc'ing GHC dev and GHC users as someone else may have a
>>>>>>>> better answer, catch a mistake I made etc. Please don't delete them.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > I believe you have encountered
>>>>>>>> https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/21506#note_447206
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > I believe the way to fix this is to do the following:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > rm -fr /usr/local/bin/ghc*
>>>>>>>> > rm -fr /usr/local/lib/ghc*
>>>>>>>> > ./configure
>>>>>>>> > sudo xattr -rc .
>>>>>>>> > sudo make install
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > However I am unsure why you are encountering this as the issue is
>>>>>>>> supposed to have been fixed.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Cheers
>>>>>>>> > George
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 11:21 AM William McEnaney <
>>>>>>>> bill.mcenaney.jr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> Hi, George,
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> I got this message when I ran make install with the sudo
>>>>>>>> command. What should I do?
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> libHSterminfo-0.4.1.5-ghc9.4.4.dylib” can’t be opened because
>>>>>>>> Apple cannot check it for malicious software.
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> What should I do now?
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> Thanks.
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> Bill
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 9:29 AM William McEnaney <
>>>>>>>> bill.mcenaney.jr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> Hi George,
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> Thank you for your reply. I forget what I did to install it.
>>>>>>>> But the compiler and other ghc-related programs live in /usr/local/bin.
>>>>>>>> Since I installed the wrong binaries, I changed the directory to
>>>>>>>> /usr/local/bin and tried to empty that directory with rm -rf ghc*.*, but
>>>>>>>> that didn't delete anything. So I wonder whether I'll need to remove those
>>>>>>>> programs before reinstalling ghc.
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> Thanks for your help, too.
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> Best,
>>>>>>>> >>> Bill
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 7:59 AM George Colpitts <
>>>>>>>> george.colpitts at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Hi Bill
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Yes,GHC will run on your new MacBook Air. The cpu in that is
>>>>>>>> Apple Silicon , the aarch64-apple-darwin platform. Older Macs run on Intel
>>>>>>>> chips, the x86_64-apple-darwin platform.
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> I'm not sure how you installed the compiler. I believe the
>>>>>>>> standard way is described on https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/. Can
>>>>>>>> you tell us how you installed it?
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> >>>> George
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 8:22 AM Simon Peyton Jones <
>>>>>>>> simon.peytonjones at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> Redirecting this query to ghc-devs.  Can anyone help
>>>>>>>> William?  Thanks!
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Will GHC run on my new MacBook Air? After installing the
>>>>>>>> compiler, my laptop said its processor was wrong for the binary
>>>>>>>> distribution I chose. If there is a dmg file for MacOS 12.5.1, please
>>>>>>>> please link your reply to it.
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> Simon
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 at 23:33, William McEnaney <
>>>>>>>> bill.mcenaney.jr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Dear Dr. Jones,
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Will GHC run on my new MacBook Air? After installing the
>>>>>>>> compiler, my laptop said its processor was wrong for the binary
>>>>>>>> distribution I chose. If there is a dmg file for MacOS 12.5.1, please
>>>>>>>> please link your reply to it.
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> brandon s allbery kf8nh
>>>>>>>> allbery.b at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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