[Haskell-cafe] Checking dependencies from C packages in cabal

Marc Weber marco-oweber at gmx.de
Wed Dec 9 08:46:53 EST 2009


Hi Maurício,

> When pkg-config info is not available for a library (when I could
Until you get the perfect answer you may want to have a look at the
cabal definitions of

zlib digest OpenGLRaw GLUT readline GLFW wxcore terminfo berkeleydb
BerkeleyDB hubris pcre-light HDBC-mysql HDBC-sqlite3 HDBC-odbc
HDBC-postgresql

They all require additional C libraries to built.
Also make sure to search the Cabal mailinglist and maybe even move this
thread to the Cabal mailinglist.
Eg just typing pkg-config and cabal into google revealed:
http://markmail.org/message/aumw5ustnyrishvw
There is a also a bug tracker for Cabal.

Marc Weber


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