binary distribution problem

[Duncan Coutts]

On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 03:42 +0100, Frederik Eaton wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I found that the distribution at this URL
> 
> http://haskell.org/ghc/dist/6.6.1/ghc-6.6.1-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.bz2
> 
> failed to install. There were lots of "no such file or directory"
> errors during 'cp' invocations I think. The i386 version sems to work
> fine. Hope this isn't a mistake on my part.

I found the opposite, that the i386 version had lots of errors with 'cp'
invocations. It turned out that it was my fault as I was accidentally
using the i386 .tar.tbz when the machine I was using was in fact an
x86-64 running in 64bit mode.

So check your uname -a, is it i686 or x86_64?

That said, the failure mode in this case could be friendlier and less
confusing.

Duncan

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