[Haskell-cafe] Ease of Haskell development on OS X?

[Ross Mellgren]

Ah, true. Sorry, my mistake -- I forgot that wasn't supported with the  
framework version.

-Ross

On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Jeff Heard wrote:

> That one doesn't work with OpenGL, however and won't in the forseeable
> future.    Incidentally, just now doing a ports install gtk2hs gives
> me the following error on my brand new MacBook:
>
> $ sudo port install gtk2hs
>
> ... stuff happens normally ... then:
>
> opt/local/bin/ghc +RTS -RTS -c tools/hierarchyGen/TypeGen.hs -o
> tools/hierarchyGen/TypeGen.o -O -itools/hierarchyGen -package-conf
> package.conf.inplace -hide-all-packages -package base
> package.conf.inplace: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file  
> or directory)
> /opt/local/bin/ghc +RTS -RTS -c tools/callbackGen/HookGenerator.hs -o
> tools/callbackGen/HookGenerator.o -O -I. -itools/callbackGen
> -package-conf package.conf.inplace -hide-all-packages -package base
> package.conf.inplace: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file  
> or directory)
> rm -rf glib/System/Glib.o glib/System/Glib_split/; mkdir -p
> glib/System/Glib_split
> /opt/local/bin/ghc +RTS -RTS -split-objs -c glib/System/Glib.hs -o
> glib/System/Glib.o -O -fffi -iglib -package-conf package.conf.inplace
> -hide-all-packages -ignore-package glib -package base -package-name
> glib-0.9.13 '-#include<glib-object.h>' -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0
> -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include
>
> on the commandline:
>    Warning: -fffi is deprecated: use -XForeignFunctionInterface or
> pragma {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface#-} instead
> package.conf.inplace: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file  
> or directory)
> make[1]: *** [glib/System/Glib.o] Error 1
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Ross Mellgren <rmm- 
> haskell at z.odi.ac> wrote:
>> While there is not a .dmg for Gtk2Hs, you can use a .dmg installed  
>> GHC with
>> a .dmg installed Gtk, and then build gtk2hs straight on top of  
>> that, without
>> having to deal with the dual-GHC macports mess..
>>
>> http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Gtk2hs#Using_the_GTK.2B_OS_X_Framework
>>
>> -Ross
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Jeff Heard wrote:
>>
>>> cabal-install works for me.  The one thing that would be REALLY  
>>> REALLY
>>> nice (and I'm cc-ing Duncan on this) is a .dmg for Gtk2Hs on Mac  
>>> OS X.
>>> There exists a ports build for it, but it won't use the GHC that is
>>> installed via .dmg to build it - it insists instead on installing  
>>> ghc
>>> again via ports, which I find both odd and undesirable.  It really
>>> comes down to the fact that gtk2hs is the only thing in the
>>> haskellverse that requires ports to get compiled in an intuitive  
>>> way.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Don Stewart <dons at galois.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> tom.davie:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20 Mar 2009, at 18:46, Don Stewart wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> tom.davie:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 20 Mar 2009, at 18:08, Don Stewart wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> tom.davie:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Other than chose the graphics card carefully, an iMac will  
>>>>>>>>> do you
>>>>>>>>> very well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is very useful.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Could the Mac users add information (and screenshots?) to the  
>>>>>>>> OSX
>>>>>>>> wiki
>>>>>>>> page,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/OSX
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not really sure there's much to add.  It mostly just works™.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there something that can be extracted from this discussion  
>>>>>>> to add
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Imagine you're new to Haskell, or the Mac. What do you need to  
>>>>>> know to
>>>>>> get started developing new Haskell software? Is that  
>>>>>> information on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> page?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thankfully, yes, all you need to know are either (a) go to  
>>>>> haskell.org
>>>>> and download it, or (b) download macports, and port install  
>>>>> ghc... Now
>>>>> you've got a Haskell environment like any other.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess I could add a chunk of text about good editors, but I'm  
>>>>> not sure
>>>>> if that's suitable, is it?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, anything that is relevant to the development experience on  
>>>> this
>>>> platform. Remember: it is more than just getting ghc. How do they  
>>>> get
>>>> hold of new libraries and apps? Is cabal-install available?
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