[[!comment format=mdwn username="http://joeyh.name/" ip="209.250.56.2" subject="comment 38" date="2014-07-11T18:30:55Z" content=""" @Daniel, I suggest you either follow the instuctions above, or if you don't want to follow the instructions, follow the error messages. :P In this case, the instructions say to do: > PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH > cabal install c2hs --bindir=$HOME/bin Which is exactly to work around the problem that we can see in your transcript: `Installing executable(s) in /root/.cabal/bin` Also, to reiterate the top of the page: If you are not comfortable tracking down and dealing with library build problems, installing git-annex with cabal is probably not the right choice for you! """]]