Resolving dependencies... Configuring text-1.2.2.1... Building text-1.2.2.1... Installed text-1.2.2.1 Configuring ncurses-0.2.13... Failed to install ncurses-0.2.13 Build log ( /home/builder/.cabal/logs/ncurses-0.2.13.log ): cabal: Entering directory '/tmp/cabal-tmp-24834/ncurses-0.2.13' Configuring ncurses-0.2.13... cabal: Missing dependencies on foreign libraries: * Missing C libraries: panelw, ncursesw This problem can usually be solved by installing the system packages that provide these libraries (you may need the "-dev" versions). If the libraries are already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the flags --extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where they are. cabal: Leaving directory '/tmp/cabal-tmp-24834/ncurses-0.2.13' cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: ncurses-0.2.13 failed during the configure step. The exception was: ExitFailure 1