[Haskell-cafe] GHCi and Cairo on Windows

[Karl Smeltzer]

Thanks, but I don't believe this is my problem. The directory into which
I've installed the GTK library is indeed on my path and is found without
having to specify it when I compile with GHC. It's just the interpreter
that seems to be failing.

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Malcolm Wallace <malcolm.wallace at me.com>wrote:

> On Windows, it is necessary to add to your PATH variable the bin directory
> where the gtk+ DLL lives.  Note, this is the C DLL, not the Haskell one
> produced by gtk2hs.  For instance, on my machine the relevant directory is
> C:\workspace\ext\gtk+-2.20\bin. It is quite likely different on yours.
>
>
>
> On 5/12/2011, at 8:23, smeltzek at eecs.oregonstate.edu wrote:
>
> > In effort to keep my work cross-platform, I am trying to get GHCi and
> Cairo working together nicely on Windows (as a back-end to Diagrams, if it
> matters.) When loading the library in GHCi I get the following error:
> >
> > Loading package cairo-0.12.2 ... linking ... ghc: unable to load package
> `cairo-0.12.2'
> >
> > I am able to build, link, and execute successfully using 'ghc --make' so
> I know the libraries are installed correctly. I'm using GHC as packaged in
> the most recent version of the Haskell Platform and the most recent
> all-in-one Windows bundle of GTK.
> >
> > I've seen quite similar errors reported months ago with no apparent
> solution.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated!
> >
> > --Karl
> >
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