Resolving dependencies... Error: cabal: Could not resolve dependencies: [__0] trying: distributed-process-client-server-0.2.6.0 (user goal) [__1] trying: unordered-containers-0.2.20 (dependency of distributed-process-client-server) [__2] trying: hashable-1.5.0.0 (dependency of distributed-process-client-server) [__3] next goal: distributed-process-extras (dependency of distributed-process-client-server) [__3] rejecting: distributed-process-extras-0.3.5 (conflict: hashable==1.5.0.0, distributed-process-extras => hashable>=1.2.0.5 && <1.3) [__3] skipping: distributed-process-extras-0.3.2, distributed-process-extras-0.3.1, distributed-process-extras-0.3.0, distributed-process-extras-0.2.1.2, distributed-process-extras-0.2.1.1, distributed-process-extras-0.2.0, distributed-process-extras-0.1.1, distributed-process-extras-0.1.0 (has the same characteristics that caused the previous version to fail: excludes 'hashable' version 1.5.0.0) [__3] fail (backjumping, conflict set: distributed-process-client-server, distributed-process-extras, hashable) After searching the rest of the dependency tree exhaustively, these were the goals I've had most trouble fulfilling: hashable, base, unordered-containers, distributed-process-extras, distributed-process-client-server Try running with --minimize-conflict-set to improve the error message.