[Xmonad] Darcs version on Debian etch?

[Donald Bruce Stewart]

kai.grossjohann:
> dons at cse.unsw.edu.au (Donald Bruce Stewart) writes:
> 
> > Might be best to just build [X11-1.2.2] with cabal, manually?
> 
> It's difficult to install:
> 
> $ runhaskell Setup.hs configure --prefix=$HOME
> [... elided ...]
> $ runhaskell Setup.hs build
> [... elided ...]
> $ runhaskell Setup.hs install
> Installing: /home/kgrossjo/lib/X11-1.2.2/ghc-6.6 & /home/kgrossjo/bin X11-1.2.2...
> Registering X11-1.2.2...
> Reading package info from ".installed-pkg-config" ... done.
> Unable to rename "/usr/lib/ghc-6.6/package.conf" to "/usr/lib/ghc-6.6/package.conf.old"
> Saving old package config file... ghc-pkg.bin: /usr/lib/ghc-6.6/package.conf: renameFile: permission denied (Permission denied)
> 
> I don't like to modify system files (owned by dpkg) by self-installed
> software.
> 
> I guess I might just install my own GHC in $HOME.  But that sounds like
> quite a bit of work...

No, that's easy. I'll add a section to the FAQ.

To install a library, as a user, append --user to your install phase:

      $ runhaskell Setup.hs install --user

And no system files will be modified, just your user package database,
in ~/.ghc/

-- Don