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<indexterm><primary>packages</primary></indexterm>
- <para>A package is a library of Haskell modules known to the compiler. GHC
- comes with several packages: see the accompanying
- <ulink url="../libraries/index.html">library documentation</ulink>.</para>
+ <para>A package is a library of Haskell modules known to the
+ compiler. GHC comes with several packages: see the accompanying
+ <ulink url="../libraries/index.html">library
+ documentation</ulink>. More packages to install can be obtained
+ from <ulink
+ url="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/hackage.html">HackageDB</ulink>.</para>
<para>Using a package couldn't be simpler: if you're using
<option>--make</option> or GHCi, then most of the installed packages will be