cabal glib installation error - haskell

I try install install glib via cabal
evgeny#virtuos:~$ cabal install glib-0.13.0.7
Resolving dependencies...
Failed to install glib-0.13.0.7
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
glib-0.13.0.7 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
user error (The package 'glib' requires Cabal library version -any && >=1.18
but no suitable version is installed.)
evgeny#virtuos:~$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.20.0.3
using version 1.20.0.2 of the Cabal library
what's wrong?
OS: Ubuntu 14.10
Cabal 1.20.0.3
GHC: 7.6.3

Run cabal install cabal-install. Daniel Wagner's suggestion will most likely provide different results than cabal --version.

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cabal-install failed to install a version that depends on the same version

I'm completely new to Haskell and I'm trying to replicate the code.world environment locally, so I need to install codeworld-api so that I can import CodeWorld. The problem is that when I run cabal install codeworld-api, it fails, and the following errors occur:
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
codeworld-api-0.7.0-JVbla7smM91CfqAXV0vVqz depends on codeworld-api-0.7.0
which failed to install.
haskell-src-exts-1.23.1-Z8xb2tkymYIClPofvAOw3 failed during the configure
step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
haskell-src-meta-0.8.7-GrcU6O1imfWLP5hRNzLFKK depends on
haskell-src-meta-0.8.7 which failed to install.
haskell-tests-0.1.0.0-IkWvWTmkph53PXtIhZGNWg depends on haskell-tests-0.1.0.0
which failed to install.
reflex-0.8.1.0-5XPDDia7wXx4bpQRZBxYDv depends on reflex-0.8.1.0 which failed
to install.
I also tried to add codeworld-api in the build-depends section in .cabal, but nothing changes.
I've read this, but --allow-newer also does nothing.
I tried, with no success:
cabal update
cabal install Cabal cabal-install
cabal new-install codeworld-api
cabal new-build
codeworld-api also doesn't show up in ghc-pkg list.
I have no idea what's happening...
Platform info
Ubuntu 20.04
cabal-install version 2.4.0.0
Cabal library version 2.4.0.1
ghc version 8.6.5
Packages installed from apt:
ghc
ghc-doc
cabal-install

Cabal unexpected behaviour when upgrading

ramiro#omfg-hello:~$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.24.0.2
compiled using version 1.24.2.0 of the Cabal library
ramiro#omfg-hello:~$ sudo cabal install cabal-install --force-reinstalls
[sudo] password for ramiro:
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring cabal-install-2.4.0.0...
Building cabal-install-2.4.0.0...
Installed cabal-install-2.4.0.0
ramiro#omfg-hello:~$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.24.0.2
compiled using version 1.24.2.0 of the Cabal library
Indeed i wasn't expecting something like this. I'm stunned.
Edit:
Fixed with #duplode comment
Further edit:
Anybody knows why i'm still getting this?
ramiro#omfg-hello:~/Haskell/happstack-server$ sudo cabal new-test all
cabal: unrecognised command: new-test (try --help)
At least i get the correct cabal version now
ramiro#omfg-hello:~/Haskell/happstack-server$ cabal --v
cabal-install version 2.4.0.0
compiled using version 2.4.0.1 of the Cabal library
EditN :
ramiro#omfg-hello:~/Haskell/happstack-server$ cabal new-build
/home/ramiro/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org: openBinaryTempFileWithDefaultPermissions: permission denied (Permission denied)
ramiro#omfg-hello:~/Haskell/happstack-server$ sudo cabal new-build
[sudo] password for ramiro:
Up to date
ramiro#omfg-hello:~/Haskell/happstack-server$
Non-sudo vs sudo.

cabal cabal-install error in Ubuntu 14.04

I followed the procedure here for installing GHC and cabal, and then for ghc-mod.
But, I get this error at this step
cabal update && cabal install cabal-install
Configuring cabal-install-1.24.0.2... Failed to install
cabal-install-1.24.0.2 cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
cabal-install-1.24.0.2 failed during the configure step. ExitFailure
11
If you install haskell-platform via apt-get, version of ghc is under 7.10.3 until yakkety (Ubuntu 16.10).
This is problematic because cabal-1.24 requires ghc >= 8.0.1.
To solve this
install more recent version of ghc from its code,
just use stack and ghc-mod for stack.
P.S. if you are emacsen, I recommand you to use intero (site) instead of ghc-mod.

Cabal claims it has updated itself but has not really

Following the instructions from this post on how to update cabal-install, I seemed to be able to install the latest version (or at least some version > 1.18, which is what I wanted.
$ cabal install Cabal cabal-install
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring cabal-install-1.22.6.0...
Building cabal-install-1.22.6.0...
Preprocessing executable 'cabal' for cabal-install-1.22.6.0...
<snip>
Linking dist/build/cabal/cabal ...
Installing executable(s) in /home/kavi/.cabal/bin
Installed cabal-install-1.22.6.0
However, when I tried cabal sandbox, it failed, so I checked cabal --version.
$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.16.0.2
using version 1.16.0 of the Cabal library
As you can see, the version is not the one that cabal claimed to install.
Adding ~/.cabal/bin to my path did nothing to help. (Yes, I did restart my terminal).
$ echo $PATH
<snip>:/home/kavi/.cabal/bin
$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.16.0.2
using version 1.16.0 of the Cabal library
I tried restarting my computer, but still:
$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.16.0.2
using version 1.16.0 of the Cabal library
I am using Ubuntu 14.04.
You should add /home/kavi/.cabal/bin to the beginning of the $PATH.
which cabal tells which executable shell will pick to execute, on my machine:
% echo $PATH
/Users/ogre/.local/bin:...
% which cabal
/Users/ogre/.local/bin/cabal

Exit Code 11 installing Persistent (Yesod)

I'm trying to install Yesod on my Mac (running Mavericks), but installation fails because of an error installing Persistent. Specifically, cabal install persistent yields:
Failed to install persistent-1.3.0.2
Updating documentation index /Users/Max/Library/Haskell/doc/index.html
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
persistent-1.3.0.2 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 11
(The full output is available as a gist)
I don't think this is an issue with conflicts, because I ran rm -rf ~/.ghc ~/.cabal before trying this (though I think 3 globally installed packages might not have been erased—unsure).
I'm using the latest Haskell Platform with the ghc-clang-wrapper script.
Cabal versions:
$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.16.0.2
using version 1.16.0 of the Cabal library
GHC version:
$ ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.6.3
Reinstalling Haskell platform allowed me to install Persistent, but the real issue was that I needed to install gcc48. Installing this cleared everything up. https://stackoverflow.com/a/21285413/1176156

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