[Haskell-cafe] Re: Cabal's default install location

[Edward Middleton]

Duncan Coutts wrote:
> Thanks for all that. Some good suggestions.
>
> I've linked the results in the ticket on this issue so someone can
> re-read all the suggestions in detail when they come to update the
> behaviour (hopefully for 0.6.4 or something).
>
> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/289#comment:17
>   

Could you add this[1] link too, because it highlights the problem with
user installs[1]. i.e. you either have to have root access to install
the dependencies, or install non-haskell dependencies in your home
directory.

Edward

1. http://haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2009-April/060441.html