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
$ 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
$ ./darcs-all --extra get
Quick start: the following gives you a default build:
- $ sh boot
- $ ./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).
It can take a long time. To customise the build, see the file