[Haskell-cafe] [ANN] IHaskell -- Haskell for Interactive Computing (via IPython)

[Ivan Lazar Miljenovic]

On 23 October 2013 16:53, Andrew Gibiansky <andrew.gibiansky at gmail.com> wrote:
> Triwanto,
>
> IHaskell depends on the 'uuid' package and requires version 1.2.*. Check to
> make sure you have uuid installed. I build it with 1.2.13, and it looks like
> the most recent one is 1.2.14, which should also have that module [1]. So,
> before building, make sure you have uuid==1.2.* installed - I'm sort of new
> to cabal packaging, so perhaps my dependencies are not specified quite
> correctly, but that is the issue that message seems to point to.
>
> Let me know how it goes. The full list of dependencies from the *.cabal file
> is as follows, in case you have other problems:
>   build-depends:       base ==4.6.*,
>                        zeromq3-haskell ==0.5.*,
>                        aeson ==0.6.*,
>                        MissingH ==1.2.*,
>                        basic-prelude ==0.3.*,
>                        classy-prelude ==0.6.*,
>                        bytestring ==0.10.*,
>                        uuid ==1.2.*,
>                        containers ==0.5.*,
>                        haskell-src-exts ==1.14.*,
>                        ghc ==7.6.*,
>                        ghc-paths ==0.1.*,
>                        random ==1.0.*,
>                        strict ==0.3.*,
>                        shelly ==1.3.*,
>                        text ==0.11.*
>
> Note that zeromq3-haskell will require zmq3 installed, and in saucy that is
> provided via 'apt-get install libzmq3-dev', I think.

The .V4 module only seems to have appeared in version 1.2.6; as such
you'll need to change the appropriate line to "uuid >= 1.2.6 && < 1.3"
(assuming you have indeed tested and found that your code won't work
with the 1.3.x versions).

>
> Andrew
>
> [1]
> http://haddocks.fpcomplete.com/fp/7.4.2/20130922-179/uuid/Data-UUID-V4.html
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Triwanto Simanjuntak
> <simanjuntak.triwanto at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Andrew,
>>
>> I tried to install IHaskell on Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy 64 bit) and recieved
>> the following error
>>
>> Resolving dependencies...
>> Configuring IHaskell-0.1.0.0...
>> Building IHaskell-0.1.0.0...
>> Preprocessing executable 'IHaskell' for IHaskell-0.1.0.0...
>>
>> IHaskell/Message/UUID.hs:10:8:
>>     Could not find module `Data.UUID.V4'
>>     Perhaps you meant
>>       Data.UUID.V1 (from uuid-1.2.3)
>>       Data.UUID.V3 (from uuid-1.2.3)
>>       Data.UUID.V5 (from uuid-1.2.3)
>>     Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.
>> Failed to install IHaskell-0.1.0.0
>> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>> IHaskell-0.1.0.0 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
>>
>> Any idea how to solve it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Triwanto
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:32:10 AM UTC+7, Andrew Gibiansky wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey everyone!
>>>
>>> I'm excited to announce the initial release of IHaskell, a Haskell
>>> language kernel for IPython:
>>>
>>> http://gibiansky.github.io/IHaskell
>>>
>>> IHaskell allows IPython to communicate with the kernel and evaluate
>>> Haskell code. This enables using IPython interfaces such as console,
>>> qtconsole, and most importantly, IPython notebook with Haskell. The IPython
>>> Notebook supports image, HTML, and LaTeX output, which enables things such
>>> as Javascript viewers for complex data structures or embedded graphs and
>>> makes it a great platform for interactive computing.
>>>
>>> You can take a look at the code and install instructions here:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/gibiansky/IHaskell
>>>
>>> A general overview of the architecture is available as well:
>>>
>>> http://andrew.gibiansky.com/blog/ipython/ipython-kernels/
>>>
>>> Contributing: IHaskell is a very young project, but one that I think
>>> would make a great contribution to the Haskell community. There's still tons
>>> and tons left to do before it's on par with what IPython notebook is capable
>>> of, so if you're at all interested in contributing, please get in touch!
>>> I've tried to keep everything well-documented and readable, but I will also
>>> be happy to answer questions about the code myself.
>>>
>>> If you find any bugs or edge cases or installation difficulties, please
>>> send me an email or create a Github issue for it!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -- Andrew Gibiansky
>>>
>>>
>
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