[project @ 2001-07-23 22:33:52 by ken]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / distrib / INSTALL

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+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The short story (if you are installing GHC from a binary dist):
+
+- Decide where you want to install it.
+- Do    ./configure --prefix=where-i-want-to-install-it
+- Do    make install
+
+That installs everything - the compiler, interactive system,
+libraries, and documentation.  At the end of 'make install' you will
+be informed of what you need to add to your PATH, and also the
+location of the documentation.
+
+Linux users: GHCi-5.00 needs libreadline.so.3.  Newer Linuxes (SuSE
+7.1, possibly RH 7.X, possibly Mandrake 8.X) only come with
+libreadline.so.4.  If you need libreadline.so.3 and only have the .4
+version, you might be able to get things working by making a symbolic
+link from libreadline.so.4 to libreadline.so.3.  We tried this on a
+SuSE 7.1 box and it seemed to work.
+
+If something doesn't work as it should, please contact us at
+glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org.
+
+JRS, 10 April 2001.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The Long Story
+

 This is the INSTALL instructions for a binary distribution of one of
 the fptools projects. For more details on what on earth this package
 is up to, please consult the README and ANNOUNCE.
 This is the INSTALL instructions for a binary distribution of one of
 the fptools projects. For more details on what on earth this package
 is up to, please consult the README and ANNOUNCE.

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 Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation procedure/setup
 (as well as other GHC related troubles you're experiencing, of course),
 
 Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation procedure/setup
 (as well as other GHC related troubles you're experiencing, of course),

-gratefully received at glasgow-haskell-bugs@dcs.gla.ac.uk
+gratefully received at glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org

 
 Enjoy.
 
 Enjoy.

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