[Haskell-cafe] Cabal install fails, don't understand why

[Francesco Ariis]

Hello Volker,

Il 29 marzo 2024 alle 14:26 Volker Wysk ha scritto:
> Hi
> 
> I've migrated my HsShellScript library to Cabal 3.0 and now I get an error
> when I try to install it:
> 
> -----snip-----
> desktop /usr/local/src/hsshellscript $ cabal install --user
> Wrote tarball sdist to
> /usr/local/src/hsshellscript/dist-newstyle/sdist/hsshellscript-3.6.0.tar.gz
> Resolving dependencies...
> Error: cabal: Cannot build the executables in the package hsshellscript
> because it does not contain any executables. Check the .cabal file for the
> package and make sure that it properly declares the components that you
> expect.
> -----snip-----

If you are trying to install a library, use

    cabal install --lib

and let us know if it worked as you expected
—F