Resolving dependencies... Configuring mtl-2.2.1... Configuring primitive-0.6.1.0... Building mtl-2.2.1... Building primitive-0.6.1.0... Installed mtl-2.2.1 Configuring random-1.1... Configuring text-1.2.2.1... Installed primitive-0.6.1.0 Building random-1.1... Building text-1.2.2.1... Configuring utf8-string-1.0.1.1... Installed random-1.1 Building utf8-string-1.0.1.1... Installed utf8-string-1.0.1.1 Configuring vector-0.11.0.0... Building vector-0.11.0.0... Installed text-1.2.2.1 Configuring hashable-1.2.4.0... Building hashable-1.2.4.0... Installed hashable-1.2.4.0 Installed vector-0.11.0.0 Configuring hashtables-1.2.1.0... Building hashtables-1.2.1.0... Installed hashtables-1.2.1.0 Configuring gtk2hs-buildtools-0.13.2.1... Building gtk2hs-buildtools-0.13.2.1... Installed gtk2hs-buildtools-0.13.2.1 Configuring cairo-0.13.3.1... Configuring glib-0.13.4.1... Building cairo-0.13.3.1... Building glib-0.13.4.1... Installed cairo-0.13.3.1 Installed glib-0.13.4.1 Configuring gconf-0.13.1.0... Configuring pango-0.13.3.1... Building gconf-0.13.1.0... Building pango-0.13.3.1... Configuring gio-0.13.3.1... Installed gconf-0.13.1.0 Building gio-0.13.3.1... Installed pango-0.13.3.1 Installed gio-0.13.3.1 Configuring gtk-0.14.6... Building gtk-0.14.6... Installed gtk-0.14.6 Downloading gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0... Configuring gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0... Building gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0... Failed to install gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0 Build log ( /home/builder/.cabal/logs/gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0.log ): cabal: Entering directory '/tmp/cabal-tmp-7277/gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0' Configuring gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0... Building gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0... Preprocessing executable 'gnome-desktop' for gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0... [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( Gnome_desktop.hs, dist/build/gnome-desktop/gnome-desktop-tmp/Main.o ) Gnome_desktop.hs:64:3: error: • No instance for (gconf-0.13.1.0:System.Gnome.GConf.GConfValue.GConfPrimitiveValueClass Char) arising from a use of ‘gconfSet’ • In a stmt of a 'do' block: gconfSet conf "/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename" file In the expression: do { g <- readIORef random_generator_ior; let (n, g') = randomR ... g file = head $ drop (n - 1) files; writeIORef random_generator_ior g'; gconfSet conf "/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename" file; .... } In an equation for ‘set_picture’: set_picture conf files len random_generator_ior = do { g <- readIORef random_generator_ior; let (n, g') = ... ....; writeIORef random_generator_ior g'; .... } cabal: Leaving directory '/tmp/cabal-tmp-7277/gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0' cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: gnome-desktop-1.0.0.0 failed during the building phase. The exception was: ExitFailure 1