Ticket #436 (closed enhancement: fixed)

Opened 4 years ago

Last modified 4 years ago

cabal-install readme could mention zlib dependency

Reported by: Benja Owned by:
Priority: low Milestone:
Component: cabal-install tool Version: 1.2.3.0
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc: Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour)
GHC Version: 6.8.3 Platform:

Description

Hi all,

The cabal-install README mentions the dependency on the zlib Haskell package, which is pulled in by bootstrap.sh, but not on the C library, which isn't. It might be useful to mention it (Ubuntu package: "zlib1g-dev") in the installation instructions/quickstart sections of the README (it took me a moment to figure out why the build was failing even though I was following instructions, and which package I needed).

Thanks, - Benja

Change History

Changed 4 years ago by duncan

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to fixed

Added: 

Note that on some unix systems you may need to install an additional zlib
development package using your system package manager. This is because the
Haskell zlib package uses the system zlib C library and header files.
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