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- Use an appropriate machine / operating system. lists the supported platforms; if
- yours isn't amongst these then you can try porting GHC (see
- ).
-
+ Use an appropriate machine / operating system. GHC
+ Platform Support lists the currently supported
+ platforms; if yours isn't amongst these then you can try
+ porting GHC (see ).
+
Be sure that the “pre-supposed” utilities are
@@ -135,252 +136,6 @@
-
- What machines GHC runs on
-
-portsGHC
-GHCports
-platformssupported
-
- A “platform” is a
- architecture/manufacturer/operating-system combination, such as
- sparc-sun-solaris2. Other common ones are
- alpha-dec-osf2,
- hppa1.1-hp-hpux9,
- i386-unknown-linux,
- i386-unknown-solaris2,
- i386-unknown-freebsd,
- i386-unknown-cygwin32,
- m68k-sun-sunos4,
- mips-sgi-irix5,
- sparc-sun-sunos4,
- sparc-sun-solaris2,
- powerpc-ibm-aix.
-
- Some libraries may only work on a limited number of
- platforms; for example, a sockets library is of no use unless the
- operating system supports the underlying BSDisms.
-
- fully-supported platforms
- native-code generator
- registerised ports
- unregisterised ports
-
- The GHC hierarchy of Porting Goodness: (a) Best is a
- native-code generator; (b) next best is a
- “registerised” port; (c) the bare minimum is an
- “unregisterised” port.
- (“Unregisterised” is so terrible that we won't say
- more about it).
-
- Here's everything that's known about GHC ports. We
- identify platforms by their “canonical”
- CPU/Manufacturer/OS triple.
-
-
-
- alpha-dec-{osf,linux,freebsd,openbsd,netbsd}:
- alpha-dec-osf
- alpha-dec-linux
- alpha-dec-freebsd
- alpha-dec-openbsd
- alpha-dec-netbsd
-
-
- The OSF port is currently working (as of GHC version
- 5.02.1) and well supported. The native code generator is
- currently non-working. Other operating systems will
- require some minor porting.
-
-
-
-
- sparc-sun-sunos4
- sparc-sun-sunos4
-
-
- Probably works with minor tweaks, hasn't been tested
- for a while.
-
-
-
-
- sparc-sun-solaris2
- sparc-sun-solaris2
-
-
- Fully supported (at least for Solaris 2.7 and 2.6),
- including native-code generator.
-
-
-
-
- sparc-unknown-openbsd
- sparc-unknown-openbsd
-
-
- Supported, including native-code generator. The
- same should also be true of NetBSD
-
-
-
-
- hppa1.1-hp-hpux (HP-PA boxes running HPUX 9.x)
- hppa1.1-hp-hpux
-
-
- A registerised port is available for version 4.08,
- but GHC hasn't been built on that platform since (as far
- as we know). No native-code generator.
-
-
-
-
- i386-unknown-linux (PCs running Linux, ELF binary format)
- i386-*-linux
-
-
- GHC works registerised and has a native code
- generator. You must have GCC 2.7.x
- or later. NOTE about glibc versions:
- GHC binaries built on a system running glibc
- 2.0 won't work on a system running
- glibc 2.1, and vice versa. In general,
- don't expect compatibility between
- glibc versions, even if the shared
- library version hasn't changed.
-
-
-
-
- i386-unknown-freebsd (PCs running FreeBSD 2.2 or higher)
- i386-unknown-freebsd
-
-
- GHC works registerised. Pre-built packages are
- available in the native package format, so if you just
- need binaries you're better off just installing the
- package (it might even be on your installation
- CD!).
-
-
-
-
- i386-unknown-openbsd (PCs running OpenBSD)
- i386-unknown-openbsd
-
-
- Supported, with native code generator. Packages are
- available through the ports system in the native package
- format.
-
-
-
-
- i386-unknown-netbsd (PCs running NetBSD)
- i386-unknown-netbsd
-
-
- Will require some minor porting effort, but should
- work registerised.
-
-
-
-
- i386-unknown-mingw32 (PCs running Windows)
- i386-unknown-mingw32
-
-
- Fully supported under Win9x, WinNT, Win2k, and
- WinXP. Includes a native code generator. Building from
- source requires a recent Cygwin distribution
- to be installed.
-
-
-
-
- ia64-unknown-linux
- ia64-unknown-linux
-
-
- Supported, except there is no native code
- generator.
-
-
-
-
- x86_64-unknown-linux
- x86_64-unknown-linux
-
-amd64-unknown-openbsd
- amd64-unknown-linux
-
-
- Fully supported, with a native code generator and GHCi.
-
-
-
-
- mips-sgi-irix5
- mips-sgi-irix[5-6]
-
-
- Port has worked in the past, but hasn't been tested
- for some time (and will certainly have rotted in various
- ways). As usual, we don't have access to machines and
- there hasn't been an overwhelming demand for this port,
- but feel free to get in touch.
-
-
-
-
- mips64-sgi-irix6
- mips-sgi-irix6
-
-
- GHC currently works unregisterised.
-
-
-
-
- powerpc-ibm-aix
- powerpc-ibm-aix
-
-
- Port currently doesn't work, needs some minimal
- porting effort. As usual, we don't have access to
- machines and there hasn't been an overwhelming demand for
- this port, but feel free to get in touch.
-
-
-
-
- powerpc-apple-darwin
- powerpc-apple-darwin
-
-
- Supported registerised. Native code generator is
- almost working.
-
-
-
-
- powerpc-apple-linux
- powerpc-apple-linux
-
-
- Not supported (yet).
-
-
-
-
- Various other systems have had GHC ported to them in the
- distant past, including various Motorola 68k boxes. The 68k
- support still remains, but porting to one of these systems will
- certainly be a non-trivial task.
-
-
Installing pre-supposed utilities