[Haskell-cafe] [cabal] How to deal with build-depency that not under cabal's control?

[Duncan Coutts]

http://haskell.org/cabal/FAQ.html#runghc-setup-complains-of-missing-packages


On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 10:30 +0300, Roman Cheplyaka wrote:
> I'm CC:ing Duncan, probably he can help.
> 
> * Magicloud Magiclouds <magicloud.magiclouds at gmail.com> [2009-06-15 10:01:03+0800]
> > # ghc-pkg list gtk
> > /var/lib/ghc-6.10.3/./package.conf:
> > /home/shidaw/.ghc/i386-linux-6.10.3/package.conf:
> >     gtk-0.10.1
> > Well, still, I have the problem....
> > 
> > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Roman Cheplyaka<roma at ro-che.info> wrote:
> > > * Magicloud Magiclouds <magicloud.magiclouds at gmail.com> [2009-06-14 18:48:26+0800]
> > >> My gtk2hs is install manually, `configure && make && make install`. So
> > >
> > > It's okay.
> > >
> > >> when I add gtk to build-dependency, it tells me
> > >> Setup.hs: At least the following dependencies are missing:
> > >> gtk -any
> > >
> > > Installation of gtk2hs registers these packages for you.
> > > Again, check `ghc-pkg list gtk`. If you installed gtk2hs, it must be
> > > there. If you, say, upgraded your ghc after you installed gtk2hs, you
> > > have to reinstall gtk2hs.
> > >
> > >> How to register my manual-installed gtk2hs to cabal?
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Roman Cheplyaka<roma at ro-che.info> wrote:
> > >> > * Magicloud Magiclouds <magicloud.magiclouds at gmail.com> [2009-06-14 17:30:33+0800]
> > >> >> Hi,
> > >> >>   I use gtk2hs in linux. Well, I have no idea how to install gtk2hs by
> > >> >> cabal, but my program needs it, and I want my program cabalized. So
> > >> >> how to do this?
> > >> >> Thanks.
> > >> >
> > >> > gtk2hs consists of several cabal packages, e.g. gtk, glib and so on.
> > >> > (See `ghc-pkg list`)
> > >> > Specify those of them you need as dependencies in cabal file.
> > >> >
> > >> > --
> > >> > Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/
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> > >>
> > >> --
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> > > Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/
> > > "Don't let school get in the way of your education." - Mark Twain
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
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