GHC 6.6.1 on Debian Etch?

Wagner Ferenc wferi at niif.hu
Wed Jun 6 04:17:27 EDT 2007


Stefan O'Rear <stefanor at cox.net> writes:

> On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 10:13:41PM +0200, Wagner Ferenc wrote:
>
>> what's the best way to install GHC 6.6.1 on a Debian Etch system?
>> Basically: are there installable packages available somewhere, or
>> should I recompile the Sid packages, or create a stub package from a
>> binary .tar.gz bundle, or some other option I didn't think of?
>
> Yes.
>
> Install the binary .tar.gz bundle *without creating a stub package*
>
> It installs in /usr/local, so dpkg must not know about it.

Hmm, you have got a point, but then I can't uninstall/upgrade later
easily, I'm afraid.
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.


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