[Haskell-cafe] Best Linux for Haskell?

[Cale Gibbard]

On 06/11/2007, Tim Docker <timd at macquarie.com.au> wrote:
> I can confirm that ghc-6.8.1 builds from source completely without fuss
> on the latest ubuntu (7.10).
>
> (... though it took a couple of hours of cpu time :-)
>
> Tim

I can confirm that the generic x86 binary package for 6.8.1 works on
Ubuntu 7.10, provided that you use alien to install the
readline-compat RPM which is provided on the same page.

 - Cale