ghc-<version>-src-extralibs.tar.bz2
You only need the first one, which contains GHC itself and
- the "core" libraries.
+ the "boot" libraries.
The extralibs package contains a bunch of optional libraries. If
you want, you can unpack this over the top of your source tree, and
to get the other repositories:
$ cd ghc
- $ chmod +x boot
- $ ./boot
+ $ chmod +x darcs-all
+ $ ./darcs-all get
- This grabs the "core" packages by default. To get the full set of
+ This grabs the "boot" packages by default. To get the full set of
packages, instead say
- $ ./boot --extra
+ $ ./darcs-all --extra get
This also downloads the libraries that are normally bundled in the
"extralibs" package (see above).
Quick start: the following gives you a default build:
- $ ./configure
- $ make
- $ make install
+ $ sh boot
+ $ ./configure
+ $ make
+ $ make install
+
+The "sh boot" step is only necessary if this is a tree checked out
+from darcs. For source distributions downloaded from GHC's web site,
+this step has already been performed.
+
+If you want the documentation too then use these commands instead:
+
+ $ echo "XMLDocWays = html" > mk/build.mk
+ $ echo "HADDOCK_DOCS = YES" >> mk/build.mk
+ $ sh boot
+ $ ./configure
+ $ make
+ $ make install
+ $ make install-docs
These steps give you the default build, which includes everything
optimised and built in various ways (eg. profiling libs are built).