Resolving dependencies... cabal: Could not resolve dependencies: [__0] next goal: pandoc-citeproc (user goal) [__0] rejecting: pandoc-citeproc-0.17.0.2, pandoc-citeproc-0.17.0.1, pandoc-citeproc-0.17, pandoc-citeproc-0.16.4.1, pandoc-citeproc-0.16.4 (constraint from user target requires ==0.16.3.1) [__0] trying: pandoc-citeproc-0.16.3.1 [__1] next goal: pandoc-types (dependency of pandoc-citeproc) [__1] rejecting: pandoc-types-1.22 (conflict: pandoc-citeproc => pandoc-types>=1.17.3 && <1.18) [__1] skipping: pandoc-types-1.21, pandoc-types-1.20 (has the same characteristics that caused the previous version to fail: excluded by constraint '>=1.17.3 && <1.18' from 'pandoc-citeproc') [__1] trying: pandoc-types-1.17.6.1 [__2] next goal: pandoc (dependency of pandoc-citeproc) [__2] rejecting: pandoc-2.11.0.4 (conflict: pandoc-citeproc => pandoc>=1.16 && <2.9) [__2] skipping: pandoc-2.11.0.2, pandoc-2.11.0.1, pandoc-2.11, pandoc-2.10.1, pandoc-2.10, pandoc-2.9.2.1, pandoc-2.9.2, pandoc-2.9.1.1, pandoc-2.9.1, pandoc-2.9 (has the same characteristics that caused the previous version to fail: excluded by constraint '>=1.16 && <2.9' from 'pandoc-citeproc') [__2] rejecting: pandoc-2.8.1 (conflict: pandoc-types==1.17.6.1, pandoc => pandoc-types>=1.20 && <1.21) [__2] skipping: pandoc-2.8.0.1, pandoc-2.8 (has the same characteristics that caused the previous version to fail: excludes 'pandoc-types' version 1.17.6.1) [__2] trying: pandoc-2.7.3 [__3] next goal: haddock-library (dependency of pandoc) [__3] rejecting: haddock-library-1.9.0 (conflict: pandoc => haddock-library>=1.7 && <1.8) [__3] skipping: haddock-library-1.8.0 (has the same characteristics that caused the previous version to fail: excluded by constraint '>=1.7 && <1.8' from 'pandoc') [__3] trying: haddock-library-1.7.0 [__4] next goal: base (dependency of pandoc-citeproc) [__4] rejecting: base-4.14.1.0/installed-4.14.1.0 (conflict: haddock-library => base>=4.5 && <4.13) [__4] skipping: base-4.14.0.0, base-4.13.0.0 (has the same characteristics that caused the previous version to fail: excluded by constraint '>=4.5 && <4.13' from 'haddock-library') [__4] rejecting: base-4.12.0.0, base-4.11.1.0, base-4.11.0.0, base-4.10.1.0, base-4.10.0.0, base-4.9.1.0, base-4.9.0.0, base-4.8.2.0, base-4.8.1.0, base-4.8.0.0, base-4.7.0.2, base-4.7.0.1, base-4.7.0.0, base-4.6.0.1, base-4.6.0.0, base-4.5.1.0, base-4.5.0.0, base-4.4.1.0, base-4.4.0.0, base-4.3.1.0, base-4.3.0.0, base-4.2.0.2, base-4.2.0.1, base-4.2.0.0, base-4.1.0.0, base-4.0.0.0, base-3.0.3.2, base-3.0.3.1 (constraint from non-upgradeable package requires installed instance) [__4] fail (backjumping, conflict set: base, haddock-library, pandoc-citeproc) After searching the rest of the dependency tree exhaustively, these were the goals I've had most trouble fulfilling: pandoc, pandoc-citeproc, pandoc-types, base, haddock-library Try running with --minimize-conflict-set to improve the error message.