Using Curl in Haskell Platform on Windows 7 - haskell

Question

I'm trying to use 'import Text.XML.HXT.Curl' in my project so I can have access to online files (some xml files).
So the error I get is :
Could not find module `Text.XML.HXT.Curl':
Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.
I tried :
:! cabal install curl
but I get an error that it must be on unix or cygwin, so I go on installing cygwin, now it says:
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
curl-1.3.7 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 77
:! gcc -version
Access is denied
I tried to download the curl package and install it with cmd : runHaskell Setup.hs configure but I get this :
Setup.hs: Missing dependency on a foreign library:
Missing C library: curl
This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version)
Tried installing gcc,g++,libcurl,make in cygwin, still fails.
Tried installing mingw/mysis and I failed too. Something about curl/curl.h missing.
Does anyone succeeded and can tell me how he did it ?

Answer 1

Installing curl on windows can be tricky. But you can try hxt-http package. It is based on native HTTP package, and doesn't require external dependencies. AFAIK it will just work out of the box on windows.
Small note: to use curl with hxt, you need to install hxt-curl package. But, yes, it will not help, cos it depends of curl package :(
So, my answer actually is about "using hxt on windows", not about "using curl on windows". You can ignore it in case it doesn't help you.