I am trying to install the dependencies for a project but I am running into this error:
Failed to install base-unicode-symbols-0.2.2.4
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: base-unicode-symbols-0.2.2.4 failed during the final install step.
The exception was: /tmp/pkgConf-base-unicode-symbols-0.2.25614.4: hGetContents: invalid argument (invalid byte sequence)
I am running Debian 7 with the latest Haskell-Platform built from source.
How do I fix it?
Thanks,
James
I just had this problem and after search, found this solution: https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/1883
To summarize, the problem can be solved by setting your locale. On linux:
export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
was good enough for me.
Related
I am trying to install helm. When I try to install it, however I get this error:
$ cabal install helm
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring sdl2-1.1.0...
cabal: The pkg-config package 'sdl2' version >=2.0.3 is required but it could
not be found.
Failed to install sdl2-1.1.0
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
helm-0.6.1 depends on sdl2-1.1.0 which failed to install.
sdl2-1.1.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
When I go to install sdl2 by itself, I get a similar message.
$ cabal install sdl2
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring sdl2-1.1.0...
cabal: The pkg-config package 'sdl2' version >=2.0.3 is required but it could
not be found.
Failed to install sdl2-1.1.0
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
sdl2-1.1.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
I don't understand. According to Hackage, sdl2 is at version 1.1, but installing it requires version 2.0.3? I've tried this in and out of a sandbox. Results of ghc-pkg list are here if you think they're relevant: http://pastebin.com/tFrsfPFe
I'm on Ubuntu btw.
Help?
Another thing which could happen (happened to me) for other installs is that the PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable might not point to the package config file (sdl2.pc, for me in the /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig directory). pkg-config uses some default directories ('/usr/lib/pkgconfig' and '/usr/share/pkgconfig'), but if the sdl.pc file isn't in one of these, you'll have to specify the directory in the environment variable. You can check this with echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH
If it turns out you need to set the variable, just use export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig (or to whatever directory your sdl2.pc file lives in)
I ran into the same problem, and I just want to add my solution here for the record. The native sdl2 libraries need to be installed first by following the directions here: https://github.com/haskell-game/sdl2#building
I am having some issues installing packages using cabal. Issuing the following command:
> cabal install ghc-mod stylish-haskell haskell-docs hdevtools
produces these errors
Building yaml-0.8.8.3...
Preprocessing library yaml-0.8.8.3...
<command line>: cannot satisfy -package-id aeson-0.7.0.6-b19228a032fb34be4eef122
913c6e81a
(use -v for more information)
Failed to install yaml-0.8.8.3
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
ghc-mod-4.1.1 depends on haskell-src-exts-1.15.0.1 which failed to install.
haskell-docs-0.2.0.0 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
haskell-src-exts-1.15.0.1 failed while unpacking the package. The exception
was:
C:\Users\Arnob\AppData\Local\Temp\haskell-src-exts-1.15.0.1-5840\haskell-src-ext
s-1.15.0.1\dist-tmp:
MoveFileEx
"C:\\Users\\Arnob\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\haskell-src-exts-1.15.0.1-5840\\haskell
-src-exts-1.15.0.1\\dist-tmp"
"C:\\Users\\Arnob\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\haskell-src-exts-1.15.0.1-5840\\haskell
-src-exts-1.15.0.1\\dist":
permission denied (Access is denied.)
hdevtools-0.1.0.5 depends on unix-2.7.0.1 which failed to install.
hlint-1.8.61 depends on haskell-src-exts-1.15.0.1 which failed to install.
stylish-haskell-0.5.10.0 depends on yaml-0.8.8.3 which failed to install.
unix-2.7.0.1 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
yaml-0.8.8.3 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
I have also tried installing the windows fork of hdevltools by running
> cabal install
on the cloned github repo. However this also produces errors.
As a last ditch effort, I tried changing the remote repo to "stackage", i.e.
remote-repo: stackage: http://www.stackage.org/stackage/44ea140bd97cbb0f6140d331f8f7f8667a637eda
but this did not help either.
All help is appreciated!
It looks like this is a Windows specific issue, where cabal cannot move some required files in the haskell-src-exts distribution (the issue is also seen in other packages, such as pandoc). This might be related to the issue reported here: https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/1698
I was able to get the haskell-src-exts package installed by doing the following:
> cabal unpack haskell-src-exts
> cd haskell-src-exts
> cabal install
Your problem is listed right in Cabal's error message:
MoveFileEx ... ...:
permission denied (Access is denied.)
So it seems you have a permission problem with your Windows installation (or at least your user temp folder), which is why Cabal stumbles.
Deciding to learn Haskell, installed ghc on OS X via Homebrew (web binaries weren't downloading at the time).
All great, following along with Learn You a Haskell, but then decided to install some packages and see how things run.
cabal install clckwrks-cli was running fine until...
Public internet craps out half-way through install/build of a few projects.
Now, none of those programs will reinstall and in the case of clckwrks-cli, I get the following error:
$ cabal install clckwrks-cli --reinstall --force-reinstalls
Resolving dependencies...
Failed to install cipher-aes-0.2.6
Failed to install cipher-rc4-0.1.4
Failed to install cookie-0.4.0.1
Failed to install crypto-numbers-0.2.3
Configuring happstack-hsp-7.2.4...
Building happstack-hsp-7.2.4...
Preprocessing library happstack-hsp-7.2.4...
ghc: could not execute: hsx2hs
Failed to install happstack-hsp-7.2.4
Failed to install lifted-base-0.2.2.0
Failed to install publicsuffixlist-0.1
Failed to install pwstore-purehaskell-2.1.1
Configuring reform-hsp-0.2.4...
Building reform-hsp-0.2.4...
Preprocessing library reform-hsp-0.2.4...
ghc: could not execute: hsx2hs
Failed to install reform-hsp-0.2.4
Failed to install web-plugins-0.2.5
Failed to install wl-pprint-text-1.1.0.2
Failed to install xml-types-0.3.4
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
attoparsec-conduit-1.0.1.2 depends on lifted-base-0.2.2.0 which failed to
install.
authenticate-1.3.2.6 depends on xml-types-0.3.4 which failed to install.
blaze-builder-conduit-1.0.0 depends on lifted-base-0.2.2.0 which failed to
install.
cipher-aes-0.2.6 failed while unpacking the package. The exception was:
user error (data is not in tar format)
cipher-rc4-0.1.4 failed while unpacking the package. The exception was:
user error (data is not in tar format)
clckwrks-0.21.1 depends on xml-types-0.3.4 which failed to install.
clckwrks-cli-0.2.10 depends on xml-types-0.3.4 which failed to install.
conduit-1.0.14 depends on lifted-base-0.2.2.0 which failed to install.
cookie-0.4.0.1 failed while unpacking the package. The exception was:
user error (data is not in tar format)
cprng-aes-0.5.2 depends on cipher-aes-0.2.6 which failed to install.
crypto-numbers-0.2.3 failed while unpacking the package. The exception was:
user error (data is not in tar format)
crypto-pubkey-0.2.4 depends on crypto-numbers-0.2.3 which failed to install.
fb-0.14.11 depends on publicsuffixlist-0.1 which failed to install.
happstack-authenticate-0.10.10 depends on xml-types-0.3.4 which failed to
install.
happstack-hsp-7.2.4 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
hsx-jmacro-7.3.4 depends on wl-pprint-text-1.1.0.2 which failed to install.
http-conduit-1.9.6 depends on publicsuffixlist-0.1 which failed to install.
jmacro-0.6.8 depends on wl-pprint-text-1.1.0.2 which failed to install.
lifted-base-0.2.2.0 failed while unpacking the package. The exception was:
user error (data is not in tar format)
monad-logger-0.3.4.0 depends on lifted-base-0.2.2.0 which failed to install.
publicsuffixlist-0.1 failed while unpacking the package. The exception was:
user error (data is not in tar format)
pwstore-purehaskell-2.1.1 failed while unpacking the package. The exception
was:
user error (data is not in tar format)
reform-hsp-0.2.4 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
resourcet-0.4.10 depends on lifted-base-0.2.2.0 which failed to install.
tls-1.1.5 depends on crypto-numbers-0.2.3 which failed to install.
tls-extra-0.6.6 depends on crypto-numbers-0.2.3 which failed to install.
web-plugins-0.2.5 failed while unpacking the package. The exception was:
user error (data is not in tar format)
wl-pprint-text-1.1.0.2 failed while unpacking the package. The exception was:
user error (data is not in tar format)
xml-conduit-1.1.0.9 depends on xml-types-0.3.4 which failed to install.
xml-types-0.3.4 failed while unpacking the package. The exception was:
user error (data is not in tar format)
zlib-conduit-1.0.0 depends on lifted-base-0.2.2.0 which failed to install.
Same issue with a few other projects that suffered same network outage mid-install.
Loving the language so far, NOT the package management :(
Cabal sandboxes are frequently recommended for development but work well for trying out some package quickly. If anything goes wrong they are easily disposable and don't affect any other packages you have already installed. Here is what I would do to try out clckwrks-cli (BTW, if you want to just try out any package you might to choose another package with less dependencies).
$ cd /path/to/sandboxes
$ cabal get clckwrks-cli
$ cd clckwrks-cli-<version>
$ cabal sandbox init
$ cabal install --only-dependencies -j<N> # N is the number of CPU cores
At this point you can type cabal run to run the executable installed by the package (which it'll probably be at ./dist/build/bin/), cabal test for running tests, or cabal repl in order to run a ghci session with the sandboxes packages available.
If anything goes wrong you can revert back the sandbox by typing cabal sandbox delete and cabal clean. When you are done you can safely remove the sandbox without affecting other packages.
Here is what worked for me in the past
For a package $f, do
ghc-pkg.exe unregister --global --force $f
ghc-pkg.exe recache
According to its documentation, ghc-pkg.exe unregister "unregisters a package" and recache "regenerate the package database cache". --global needs to be used if the package in question was installed in system directories.
In case the database is severely damaged, I would delete the user or system cabal directory and reinstall packages that I had. I usually do this by cabal install one or several of the application libraries that I use, and let cabal reinstall the dependencies. Note: the cabal directory depends on the OS and version of GHC.
ghc-pkg unregister --force clckwrks-cli
I was having trouble with unordered-containers-0.2.5.1 and deleting the file:
~/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/unordered-containers/0.2.5.1/unordered-containers-0.2.5.1.tar.gz
fixed the problem for me. (i.e. the error cabal: data is not in tar format)
I'm trying to install Haskell and Yesod for Mac following this guide. Everything goes fine until the last step, when I receive this error message. I've tried to manually install the hfsevebts-0.1.4 but it gives me the same error.
gcc-4.8: error: language objective-c not recognized
gcc-4.8: error: language objective-c not recognized
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
fsnotify-0.0.11 depends on hfsevents-0.1.4 which failed to install.
hfsevents-0.1.4 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
yesod-bin-1.2.3.4 depends on hfsevents-0.1.4 which failed to install.
How shall I proceed in order to install Yesod?
I think this fixed it for me:
$ brew uninstall gcc48
$ brew install gcc48 --enable-all-languages
Presumably the default gcc48 doesn't include Objective-C.
I ran into that same error—among many others—trying to install yesod on 10.8.5. I had some luck uninstalling the package from Haskell and installing Haskell via Homebrew. I did upgrade to 10.9 and everything still works (but I had to re-install Xcode command line tools)
I documented installing yesod on os x on my site if you need details.
I generally find that cabal install's for more than half of big packages fail, rather a fatal flaw to new users!
This time I am trying to install yesod, any hints?
> cabal install yesod
...
Loading package time-1.2.0.5 ...
GHCi runtime linker: fatal error: I found a duplicate definition for symbol
_get_current_timezone_seconds
whilst processing object file
C:\Users\guthrie\AppData\Roaming\cabal\time-1.2.0.5\ghc-7.4.1\HStime-1.2.0.5.o
This could be caused by:
* Loading two different object files which export the same symbol
* Specifying the same object file twice on the GHCi command line
* An incorrect `package.conf' entry, causing some object to be
loaded twice.
GHCi cannot safely continue in this situation. Exiting now. Sorry.
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
authenticate-1.3.1.1 depends on http-conduit-1.6.1.1 which failed to install.
http-conduit-1.6.1.1 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
yesod-1.1.1.2 depends on yesod-core-1.1.2.1 which failed to install.
yesod-auth-1.1.1.1 depends on yesod-core-1.1.2.1 which failed to install.
yesod-core-1.1.2.1 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
yesod-form-1.1.3 depends on yesod-core-1.1.2.1 which failed to install.
yesod-json-1.1.0 depends on yesod-core-1.1.2.1 which failed to install.
yesod-persistent-1.1.0 depends on yesod-core-1.1.2.1 which failed to install.
yesod uses a different version of alex package than the Haskell platform. I always install alex and happy from my distro's package manager apart from ghc and then use cabal. Alternatively, you can always use
cabal update && cabal install alex happy
cabal install yesod-platform
This most likely occurs due to trying to install with two versions of the time package simultaneously. Can you try running cabal install yesod-platform and see if the problem persists?
And as #Inaimathi said, this might be due to an older version of cabal. Perhaps also try cabal update && cabal install cabal-install.