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.
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How do I “:set prompt” by default for a particular program?
I'm new to Linux. I installed Haskell and was going through a tutorial, which showed me I can :set prompt "ghci> " to change the prompt. I like the way this looks. How can I make it so that ...
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How to install Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0 on Ubuntu 13.04? [duplicate]
I want to use Haskell Platform 2013.2.0.0 on Ubuntu 13.04.
Because there is no binary package provided, I have to compile it manually. However, there is a problem. Ubuntu repo provides GHC 7.6.2, ...
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Haskell-platform on 13.04 [duplicate]
I've been wrestling with installing haskell platform on ubuntu 13.04 for a few days now with no luck getting make to complete successfully.
Is there a known timeline for getting official support so I ...
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“cannot determine current directory” while building Haskell in 13.04
I'm trying to install the Haskell Platform on Raring. Since there's no apt package, I've downloaded the GHC 7.4.2 binary x86_64 distribution (which is a prerequisite), and I am trying to run ...
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How to install Haskell Platform for Ubuntu 13.04?
How to install Haskell Platform for Ubuntu 13.04? I get:
E: Unable to locate package haskell-platform error when I type sudo apt-get install haskell-platform
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How to install Haskell on Ubuntu 12.04?
I'm attempting to install Haskell but I am running into the following error:
ash~$ sudo apt-get install haskell-platform
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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How do I use the Haskell ghci compiler?
im trying to install Haskell on ubuntu for 5 days, i looked up many sites but never found a solution for my problem so i thought i post it here.At first i tried to install it by using the terminal but ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How can I install haskell-hunit?
I'm running 11.10 (amd64). I see there's this package:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/oneiric/haskell-hunit
However:
$ sudo apt-get install haskell-hunit
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How to add gimp configuration for xmonad? [closed]
I've used a xmonad.hs like this for months without any issues.
import XMonad
import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
import XMonad.Util.Run(spawnPipe)
import ...
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Problem installing Cabal-1.8.0.2
I am running Ubuntu 10.10, ghc 6.12.1, gcc 4.4.5.
I am trying to install Nikki And The Robots.
When I do cabal install it fails to install Cabal-1.8.0.2.
Cabal-1.8.0.2 already exists in ...
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cabal install readline ask readline not found error
How to cabal install readline in ubuntu 10
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring readline-1.0.1.0...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether ...
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How to compile and make ghc-6.2.2 [closed]
in ubuntu i compile ghc-6.2.2 got the following error
/usr/bin/ghc -M -optdep-f -optdep.depend -osuf o -H16m -O HaskTags.hs
on the commandline:
Warning: -optdep-f is deprecated: Use ...
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How do I use Haskell (hugs)?
Hey!
I have installed hugs on Ubuntu 10.10
But now I have the problem how to run it.
Before, I mean in later versions of Ubuntu I typed just sudo run hugs and it worked. Now it doesnt work.
How ...
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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 ...
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Best way to set up a haskell development platform
Since a while, I'm developing in Haskell. My question is: what's the easiest way to set up a reasonable development system for Haskell? I installed the official packages, but IMO it's not working very ...
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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?
