Haskell is a lazily evaluated functional programming language featuring partial function application and static type checking. It is notable for addressing traditionally imperative tasks with "Monads" to avoid violating pure lazy functional evaluation as in some other languages.
Questions tagged [haskell]
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How to install Haskell Platform for Ubuntu 13.04?
How to install Haskell Platform for Ubuntu 13.04? I get the following error when I type sudo apt-get install haskell-platform:
E: Unable to locate package haskell-platform error
wulfreak
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"cannot determine current directory" while building haskell
I'm trying to install haskell on ubuntu 11.10 and I'm following the instructions on this website: https://gist.github.com/1524859
But when I type ./configure I get an error message saying:
checking for path to top of build tree...…
Tasha D
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Will Haskell Platform be available in 10.10?
I've been waiting for a couple years to be able to do an
apt-get install haskell-platform
on Ubuntu. Will a haskell platform-package be available on Ubuntu 10.10?
David Siegel
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Haskell platform on 14.04
Is it right that 14.04 does not have the haskell platform avaible by the software center.
Do I need to compile it by source or is there anothe way to make this work ?
Roelof
user1052732
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Running a program installed from cabal
I want to run this program hosted on Cabal, the official repository of Haskell apps.
First I installed Cabal:
sudo apt-get install cabal-install
cabal update
Second I installed the program itself:
$ cabal install clanki
Resolving…
Nicolas Raoul
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How can I install haskell-platform?
Haskell-platform currently has unmet dependencies on Ubuntu 11.04. This is a known bug, but I'd like to get it installed sooner rather than later.
Can anyone recommend a way to install haskell-platform on 11.04? The bug report that I linked to…
j1mc
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When installing Haskell, dependency is not satisfiable: ghc6 (< 6.12.1+)
What does that mean, can I not install haskell? I just upgraded to Natty, is that the reason?
As you can see in the screenshot I get this problem in the Software Centre:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
haskell-platform: Depends:…
Blub
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How to Update Cabal for Haskell IDE (Leksah) on Ubuntu 16.04?
I want to install Leksah so I can learn how to code in Haskell. So I've installed the latest version of ghc (correctly I hope). But I lack the latest version of Cabal for Leksah. I cannot seem to install it. I have version 1.24 while the latest is…
A. Bergeron
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Combine cabal and checkinstall
Suppose I have a program which I can install via cabal, for example
cabal install pandoc
Is it possible to use checkinstall to make a .deb package out of this and install it in a second step via dpkg?
student
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Installing GHC 7.8.2 on Ubuntu 13.04
First: Yes, I really do mean to install install just GHC, and not the Haskell Platform. I am installing in a VM made just for this purpose, I have the platform installed elsewhere.
So the standard instructions for installing from a distro mentions…
Jacques Carette
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Trying to install pandoc via cabal install fails
Since the pandoc package in the repository is outdated, I would like to install it via cabal-install.
I ran cabal update, and then cabal install pandoc which fails with:
cabal: Couldn't read cabal file "pandoc/1.9.4.4/pandoc.cabal"
This might be…
jottr
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1 answer
How can I upgrade GHC installed using haskell-platform to the latest version in Ubuntu 14.04?
I have installed Haskell Platform in Ubuntu 14.04 using
sudo apt-get install haskell-platform
following the instructions from the official website.
The version of GHC installed as a result is 7.6.3.
I would like to update my version of GHC to a…
GoodDeeds
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Can't install haskell platform because of libgl1-mesa
When trying to install haskell platform using sudo apt-get install haskell-platform I get the following error message:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
haskell-platform : Depends: libghc-gluraw-dev (>= 1.3.0.0) but it is not going to…
damluar
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Why can't I install FreePascal and the Gold linker at the same time?
I develop in Haskell privatly, but for school I have to use Delphi (I am allowed to use Lazarus though). To speed up linking in GHC (The compiler for Haskell) I installed binutilus-gold. But now, when I try to install lazarus, I get a conflicting…
FUZxxl
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Install Haskell (hugs) - Package not found
I have problems with installing haskell (hugs) on Ubuntu 10.10. I had the latest version before and I wrote just sudo apt-get install hugs and everything worked. But now with Ubuntu 10.10 It tells me that package hugs could not be found.
How can I…
user8024