Readme for cabal-install-0.5.2
== cabal install ==
The automatic package manager for Haskell!
Intended usage:
cabal install xmonad
Just works. Defaults make sense.
It also has all the other commands that runhaskell Setup.hs supports. Eg
cabal configure
cabal build
cabal install
cabal haddock
cabal sdist
cabal clean
See cabal --help for the full list.
There are also these extra commands:
cabal update Updates the packages list from the hackage server
cabal list [pkgs] List packages with the given search terms in their name
cabal upgrade [pkgs] Like install but also upgrade all dependencies
cabal upgrade Upgrade all installed packages
cabal upload [tar] Upload a package tarball to the hackage server
cabal check Check the package for common mistakes
== Dependences ==
Dependencies on standard libs:
base >= 2.1, process, directory, pretty, bytestring >= 0.9
network, filepath >= 1.0, Cabal >=1.3.11 && <1.5
Dependencies on other libs:
zlib >= 0.4, HTTP >= 3000.0 && < 3001.2