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@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ on...
Getting the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (post 5.02) to run on Windows platforms is
-a snap: the Installshield does everything you need.
+a snap: the installer does everything you need.
Installing GHC on Windows
@@ -542,38 +542,29 @@ a snap: the Installshield does everything you need.
To install GHC, use the following steps:
-Download the Installshield setup.exe
-from the GHC download page
+Download the installer
+from the
haskell.org.
+url="http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download.html">GHC download page.
-Run setup.exe.
+Run the installer.
On Windows, all of GHC's files are installed in a single directory.
-If you choose ``Custom'' from the list of install options, you will be given a
-choice about where this directory is; otherwise it will be installed
-in c:/ghc/ghc-version.
-The executable binary for GHC will be installed in the bin/ sub-directory
-of the installation directory you choose.
-
-(If you have already installed the same version of GHC, Installshield will offer to "modify",
-or "remove" GHC. Choose "remove"; then run setup.exe a
-second time. This time it should offer to install.)
+You can override it, but by default this directory is
+c:/ghc/ghc-version.
+The executable binary for GHC will be installed in the
+bin/ sub-directory of the installation directory.
+If you want to invoke GHC from a command line, add this
+to your PATH environment variable.
-When installation is complete, you should find GHCi and the GHC documentation are
-available in your Start menu under "Start/Programs/Glasgow Haskell Compiler".
+When installation is complete, you should find GHCi and the GHC
+documentation are available in your Start menu under
+"Start/All Programs/GHC/ghc-version".
-The final dialogue box from the install process reminds you where the GHC binary
-has been installed (usually c:/ghc/ghc-version/bin/.
-If you want to invoke GHC from a command line, add this
-to your PATH environment variable.
-
-
-
GHC needs a directory in which to create, and later delete, temporary files.
It uses the standard Windows procedure GetTempPath() to
find a suitable directory. This procedure returns:
@@ -608,7 +599,7 @@ bash$ ghc -o main main.hs
..
bash$ ./main
Hello, world!
-bash$
+bash$
@@ -617,7 +608,7 @@ You do not need the Cygwin toolchain, or anything
else, to install and run GHC.
-An installation of GHC requires about 140M of disk space.
+An installation of GHC requires about 340M of disk space.
To run GHC comfortably, your machine should have at least
64M of memory.
@@ -625,10 +616,11 @@ To run GHC comfortably, your machine should have at least
Moving GHC around
-At the moment, GHC installs in a fixed place (c:/ghc/ghc-x.yy,
-but once it is installed, you can freely move the entire GHC tree just by copying
-the ghc-x.yy directory. (You may need to fix up
-the links in "Start/Programs/Glasgow Haskell Compiler" if you do this.)
+Once GHC is installed, you can freely move the entire GHC tree just by copying
+the c:/ghc/ghc-version
+directory. (You will need to fix up
+the links in "Start/All Programs/GHC/ghc-version"
+if you do this.)
It is OK to put GHC tree in a directory whose path involves spaces. However,
@@ -647,7 +639,8 @@ put GHC in a place with a space-free path.
I'm having trouble with symlinks.
- Symlinks only work under Cygwin (), so binaries not linked to the Cygwin
+ Symlinks only work under Cygwin (),
+ so binaries not linked to the Cygwin
DLL, in particular those built for Mingwin, will not work with
symlinks.
@@ -665,17 +658,6 @@ put GHC in a place with a space-free path.
-
-