In Debian systems, ./Setup.hs doesn't include links to the GHC docs, giving the following error message: Warning: cannot use package base-2.0: HTML directory /usr/share/ghc-6.6/html/libraries/base does not exist. Warning: Algebra.Geometric.Area: the following names could not be resolved: Double Warning: Algebra.Geometric.Contour: the following names could not be resolved: Ord Show Eq Double Warning: Algebra.Geometric.Gpc: the following names could not be resolved: IO unsafePerformIO Ptr CInt Storable Int FilePath Bool Maybe Nothing String True False CChar There's a bug filled against the Debian package in http://bugs.debian.org/401785 .