Cabal fails to install Idris language on OSX Lion - haskell

I'm trying to install the Idris language in an OSX Lion using the installation guide provided on the official tutorial. I have alraedy installed GMP. This is the error I get:
$ cabal install idris
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring libffi-0.1...
cabal: The pkg-config package libffi is required but it could not be found.
[1 of 1] Compiling Main ( /var/folders/f0/dlx6tl5x18z4k4_vq0fkqtb80000gn/T/llvm-general-3.3.5.0-61662/llvm-general-3.3.5.0/Setup.hs, /var/folders/f0/dlx6tl5x18z4k4_vq0fkqtb80000gn/T/llvm-general-3.3.5.0-61662/llvm-general-3.3.5.0/dist/setup/Main.o )
Linking /var/folders/f0/dlx6tl5x18z4k4_vq0fkqtb80000gn/T/llvm-general-3.3.5.0-61662/llvm-general-3.3.5.0/dist/setup/setup ...
setup: The program llvm-config version ==3.3.* is required but it could not be
found.
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
idris-0.9.9 depends on llvm-general-3.3.5.0 which failed to install.
libffi-0.1 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
llvm-general-3.3.5.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
Trying to install Idris without LLVM produces this error:
$ cabal install idris -f-LLVM
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring libffi-0.1...
cabal: The pkg-config package libffi is required but it could not be found.
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
idris-0.9.9 depends on libffi-0.1 which failed to install.
libffi-0.1 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1

I was having this same problem on OSX Mavericks. To get Idris to compile, I used homebrew to install gmp, then I had to do 'export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/libffi/3.0.13/lib/pkgconfig', and then 'cabal install idris -f-LLVM'. I got the tip to export the PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable from this site:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/idris-lang/gxcdvRIA2OI/NqKSd4zHkI4J
Mavericks already had libffi installed, and I didn't want to install a second copy from source, which is what the PKG_CONFIG_PATH trick helped me avoid. Do 'brew info libffi' to find the correct path to export. Hopefully someone will create a homebrew formula for Idris soon...

The first error indicates you should install the LLVM development packages of your distribution (not through cabal) and the second indicates you should install the development package for the GCC libffi library. What Linux distribution are you using? Or are you on Windows/Mac?

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Issue installing Snap on macOS Sierra

I'm having trouble installing the Haskell framework Snap on macOS Sierra. Whenever I install it, I get the following message:
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring securemem-0.1.9...
Configuring skein-1.0.9.4...
Configuring configurator-0.3.0.0...
Configuring cryptonite-0.24...
Building configurator-0.3.0.0...
Building securemem-0.1.9...
Building skein-1.0.9.4...
Failed to install configurator-0.3.0.0
Build log ( /Users/nicholas/.cabal/logs/ghc-8.2.1/configurator-0.3.0.0-6dySPcNCURWFswtMXJvzho.log ):
cabal: Entering directory '/tmp/cabal-tmp-66175/configurator-0.3.0.0'
Configuring configurator-0.3.0.0...
Preprocessing library for configurator-0.3.0.0..
Building library for configurator-0.3.0.0..
<command line>: cannot satisfy -package-id attoparsec-0.13.2.0-5dp4kBDsiGY4dQpLKbD5rk:
attoparsec-0.13.2.0-5dp4kBDsiGY4dQpLKbD5rk is unusable due to shadowed dependencies:
scientific-0.3.5.1-L0qYzdp0wpz8rO8gircNSR text-1.2.2.2-EGUst8sqNAZCw1xLPcmcMH
(use -v for more information)
cabal: Leaving directory '/tmp/cabal-tmp-66175/configurator-0.3.0.0'
Configuring transformers-base-0.4.4...
Building cryptonite-0.24...
Building transformers-base-0.4.4...
Installed securemem-0.1.9
Installed transformers-base-0.4.4
Installed skein-1.0.9.4
Installed cryptonite-0.24
Updating documentation index
/Users/nicholas/Library/Haskell/share/doc/x86_64-osx-ghc-8.2.1/index.html
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
configurator-0.3.0.0-6dySPcNCURWFswtMXJvzho failed during the building phase.
The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
snap-1.0.0.2-5CZKyA9EY4oLgkpHYCVfnv depends on snap-1.0.0.2 which failed to
install.
I'm using the Haskell Platform installed using homebrew (brew cask install haskell-platform), and cabal version 2.0.0.2. I have tried using sudo and deleting my ~/.ghc file
There was an issue with full 8.2.1 binary platform builds that's just been resolved: https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2017-October/127979.html
This was likely an instance of that.
(see also: GHC cannot find libraries on fresh install of Haskell-Platform)
This looks like a bug in Cabal 2 (or potentially GHC 8.2). See https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/4728. I'd recommend sticking to GHC 8.0.2 for the moment with either cabal 1.24 or Stack. I'm the case of Stack, the version won't matter, since it will use the Cabal version shipped with GHC.

Can't install sdl2 via cabal

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

Haskell cabal-install errors

I am having lots of problems with cabal-install:
1: Every time I do cabal update, it tells me to do cabal install cabal-install, so I do, and then when I do cabal update again, it says the same thing.
2: When I try to install ghc-mod from hackage, it gives me this error:
[username#arch ~]$ cabal install ghc-mod
In order, the following will be installed:
haskell-src-exts-1.14.0 (reinstall) changes: pretty-1.1.1.1 -> 1.1.1.0
hlint-1.8.55 (reinstall)
ghc-mod-3.1.4
setup: The program happy version >=1.17 is required but it could not be found.
ghc-mod-3.1.4 depends on haskell-src-exts-1.14.0 which failed to install.
haskell-src-exts-1.14.0 failed during the configure step.
hlint-1.8.55 depends on haskell-src-exts-1.14.0 which failed to install.
So the problem was The program happy version >=1.17 is required but it could not be found., so I installed happy 1.19.2 using cabal install happy without problems.
I tried cabal install ghc-mod again, same error, so I tried cabal install haskell-src-exts --reinstall --force-reinstalls. It gave me the following error:
[username#arch ~]$ cabal install haskell-src-exts --reinstall --force-reinstalls
Configuring haskell-src-exts-1.14.0...
setup: The program happy version >=1.17 is required but it could not be found.
Failed to install haskell-src-exts-1.14.0
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
haskell-src-exts-1.14.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
Basically The program happy version >=1.17 is required but it could not be found.. So happy is the problem again?
I have also tried downloading the tar.gz files from hackage and using cabal install on the
.cabal file, also modified the .cabal file to ignore dependencies, still failed.
cabal install places executables in ~/.cabal/bin.
If you add it to your path, you will be able to use the new executables installed by cabal:
$ PATH=$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH
I encountered with same problem and I solved the problem with installing happy package(confusing package name). So install it with your package manager(apt-get, pacman etc) before install package with cabal. This should be fix the problem.

Error when running cabal-install: ExitFailure 1 (Mac OS X lion)

I get the following error when trying to run cabal install cabal-install
I have installed the haskell platform from: http://www.haskell.org/platform/ for Mac OS X Lion. I want to run cabal install cabal-install so I can install quickcheck
When trying to update, I get this erro.
$ cabal install cabal-install
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring cabal-install-1.16.0...
Building cabal-install-1.16.0...
Preprocessing executable 'cabal' for cabal-install-1.16.0...
<command line>: cannot satisfy -package-id HTTP-4000.2.3-d6c69f84aec25261a9a3f6946119d9d2
(use -v for more information)
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
cabal-install-1.16.0 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
Try:
sudo ghc-pkg recache
I had the same problem and that works for me.
Go to your .cabal/config file, look for the line that says "library-profiling: ".
This should be set to "False" for MacOSX, otherwise it will fail to find the packages that are installed. You'll get funny errors from the build phase where it was unable to import certain modules because "maybe" certain packages aren't installed.

installing reactive banana-wx or wx on redhat based linux with ghc 7.0.4

hi i'm trying to install, (without having to update or install the latest compiler),reactive-banana-wx and one of the requirement's are failing
cabal install reactive-banana-wx
and heres the error
Configuring wxc-0.90.0.4...
setup: failed
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
reactive-banana-wx-0.6.0.1 depends on wxc-0.90.0.4 which failed to install.
wx-0.90.0.1 depends on wxc-0.90.0.4 which failed to install.
wxc-0.90.0.4 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
wxcore-0.90.0.3 depends on wxc-0.90.0.4 which failed to install
when i try to cabal install wxcore ,wx or wxc they all say failed and point towards wxc being required.
here's the error
cabal install wxc
Resolving dependencies...
[1 of 1] Compiling Main ( /tmp/wxc-0.90.0.419410/wxc-0.90.0.4/Setup.hs, /tmp/wxc-0.90.0.419410/wxc-0.90.0.4/dist/setup/Main.o )
Linking /tmp/wxc-0.90.0.419410/wxc-0.90.0.4/dist/setup/setup ...
Configuring wxc-0.90.0.4...
setup: failed
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
wxc-0.90.0.4 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
here's my compiler info if it would be useful
ghc -v
Glasgow Haskell Compiler, Version 7.0.4, for Haskell 98, stage 2 booted by GHC version 7.0.4
I've got the same error trying to install phooey with ghc 7.4.1 on Debian tonight. The reason is a bug in the package wxc-0.90.0.4 and it should affect all wxHaskell-based packages. You can fix it, there is no need to downgrade your wxc package...
The easiest way to reproduce it is to do
cabal install wxc
or
cabal install glade
It might be a good idea to make sure that all prerequisites are in place, before you do it. wxc depends on a number of cabal and Linux packages and all of them should be installed and compiled... I did it in the most stupid way possible, just by running
cabal install wxc
and reading error messages which it spills out. This sweetie usually tells you what it wants... For instance, if it complains about cabal package x, just do cabal install x. If it complains about Linux package y, then use your Linux package manager and install the development version of this package, which is called normally lib<y>-dev in Debian. So, for instance, if
cabal install wxc
gives you an error saying that package gtk+2.0 is missing, you want to do
apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
The same story with cairo, glade2 and other GTK-related libraries
When you are green with all prerequisites, you want to install wxWidgets-2.9, which is currently in the Development stage... so, it doesn't have any binaries for Linux and you should build it yourself. Download the source code from wxWidgets website and build it. It is pretty easy to do, just:
untar/unzip the source code to your favorite directory
run ./config
run ./make
If you are on wxc-0.90.0.4, at this moment you should encounter our little bug... To keep the long story short, it is in the file eljpen.cpp, which you can find in
~/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/wxc/0.90.0.4/wxc-0.90.0.4.tar.gz
Open the archive, go to the line 159 in the file and replace *_ref = NULL; with _ref = NULL or anything else what makes more sense. Then recreate the archive in the same place with the fixed eljpen.cpp file in it.
run ./make
It should work now.
run sudo make install (normally, you should have root privileges to insatll wxWidgets library...).
after it is done try to do
cabal install wx
again. It should be working now. I guess, after that you can enjoy your reactive-banana-wx, wxHaskell, phooey, etc.
PS http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3576397&group_id=73133&atid=536845. Why didn't I find it earlier? :/
I'v solved this problem on Lubuntu 12.10 so:
sudo cabal info wx
Synopsis: wxHaskell
Versions available: 0.11.1.2, 0.12.1.4, 0.12.1.5, 0.12.1.6, 0.13.2,
0.13.2.1, 0.13.2.3, 0.90, 0.90.0.1 (and 11 others)
I picked out different versions of wxHaskell, but only 0.13.2.3 was right.
sudo cabal install wx-0.13.2.3
...and everything has compiled and installed. Then I could install:
sudo cabal install reactive-banana-wx -fbuildExamples
That's no depends on the version of your Glasgow Haskell Compiler or the sort of your Linux.

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