DEPENDENCIES ForSyDe depends on GHC >= 6.8.2 due to the use of numerous extensions, namely Template Haskell (TH). It depends on the type-level and parameterized-data packages and some others normally bundled with GHC distributions. INSTALLATION See http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Cabal/How_to_install_a_Cabal_package Here is a summary on how to install ForSyDe manually: To install globally, for the whole system (requires admin permissions): $ ./Setup.hs configure $ ./Setup.hs build $ ./Setup.hs haddock # generate documentation, optional, # requires Haddock > 2.0 due to the use of TH $ sudo ./Setup.hs install To install locally and just for your own user: $ ./Setup.hs configure --user --prefix=The/selected/local/directory $ ./Setup.hs build $ ./Setup.hs haddock # generate documentation, optional, # requires Haddock > 2.0 due to the use of TH $ ./Setup.hs install