[Haskell-cafe] Cabal will not find HaXml

[Mads Lindstrøm]

Hi

The --user flag did the trick. Thank you very much.

/Mads

Daniel Fischer wrote:
> Am Sonntag 28 Februar 2010 14:41:03 schrieb Mads Lindstrøm:
> > Hi
> >
> > When I do:
> > > cabal list --simple-output | grep -i "HaXml 1.20"
> >
> > I get:
> > > HaXml 1.20
> > > HaXml 1.20.1
> > > HaXml 1.20.2
> 
> So there are versions HaXml 1.20* available on hackage
> 
> >
> > But when running:
> > > runhaskell Setup.hs configure
> 
> For that, you must have one installed already, and unless you pass the "--
> user" flag, that must be in the global package database.
> 
> >
> > I get:
> > > Configuring XrcAccessors-0.0...
> > > Setup.hs: At least the following dependencies are missing:
> > > HaXml -any
> 
> > > ghc-pkg
> >
> > I get output like:
> >
> > <snip>
> > /home/ghc6103/lib/ghc-6.10.3/./package.conf:
> >     Cabal-1.6.0.3, HUnit-1.2.0.3, QuickCheck-1.2.0.0, array-0.2.0.0,
> >     base-3.0.3.1, base-4.1.0.0, bytestring-0.9.1.4, containers-0.2.0.1,
> >     directory-1.0.0.3, (dph-base-0.3), (dph-par-0.3),
> > </snip>
> 
> global package database, no HaXml
> 
> > <snip>
> > /home/ghc6103/.ghc/x86_64-linux-6.10.3/package.conf:
> >     Cabal-1.6.0.2, Cabal-1.8.0.2, Diff-0.1.2, HDBC-2.1.1,
> >     HDBC-odbc-1.1.6.0, HDBC-odbc-2.1.0.0, HTTP-4000.0.4, HUnit-1.2.2.1,
> >     HaXml-1.20.2, MetaHDBC-0.1.0, QuickCheck-2.1.0.3, SQLLib-0.0,
> > </snip>
> 
> user package database, HaXml present
> 
> >
> > That is, HaXml shows itself in
> > the /home/ghc6103/.ghc/x86_64-linux-6.10.3/package.conf list, but not in
> > the /home/ghc6103/.ghc/x86_64-linux-6.10.3/package.conf . Is this the
> > problem
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > and how do I fix it?
> 
> a) cabal install XrcAccessors, in contrast to the runghc ./setup.hs ... 
> route, cabal install's default is user installs
> b) pass the --user flag to runghc ./Setup.hs configure
> c) (not recommended in general) make a global install of HaXml, either by 
> runghc ./Setup... or cabal install --global HaXml
> 
> >
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Mads Lindstrøm
> 
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