[Haskell-cafe] Re: Completely confused by cabal

[Achim Schneider]

Colin Paul Adams <colin at colina.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Why does cabal install nearly everything in the user repository rather
> than the global repository?
>

uh... because you're a mere user and don't have the rights to do so?

try "su -", then "cabal update" to fill root's $HOME/.cabal with the
needed info, then proceed as usual.

TBH, though, I wouldn't use cabal as root, directly, use your distro's
package management system instead. Installing programs with your user
account, inside your home directory, is perfectly acceptable (and
traditional) under unix.

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