+This is the INSTALL instructions for a binary distribution of GHC. For
+more details on what on earth this package is up to, please consult
+the README and ANNOUNCE.
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+This distribution can be installed in a location of your choosing.
-The short story (if you are installing GHC from a binary dist):
+To set the ball rolling, run the configure script (as usual, run the
+script with --help to see what options it supports). eg. to set up
+the package for installing in directory <my-dir>, use
-- Decide where you want to install it.
-- Do ./configure --prefix=where-i-want-to-install-it
-- Do make install
+ ./configure --prefix=<my-dir>
-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.
+The default installation directory is /usr/local.
-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.
+The configure script will figure out what platform you're running on,
+and a couple of other interesting pieces of trivia, which it will then
+fill in the Makefile.in template to give you a real Makefile. If
+you're of a paranoid persuasion, you might want to take a look at this
+Makefile to see if the information is correct.
-If something doesn't work as it should, please contact us at
-glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org.
-
-JRS, 10 April 2001.
-
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-
-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.
-
-To start using the bundle, you can either:
-
-* use it in-place, i.e., don't go ahead with a
- full install, but just set it up to use the unpacked
- distribution in-situ.
-
-* get it over with, and do the full install (details of how are ahead).
-
-NOTE Win32 users: see comment below before continuing.
-
-To set the ball rolling, run the configure script (as usual, run
-the script with --help to see what options it supports).
-
-This will figure out what platform you're running on, and a couple of other
-interesting pieces of trivia, which it will then fill in the Makefile.in
-template to give you a real Makefile.
-
-[Win32 users: don't be alarmed if you should encounter the following
- message from the configure script:
-
- not updating unwritable cache ./config.cache
-
-This is a known problem of generated autoconf configure scripts running
-on cygwin, but harmless (it only means you get to re-do all the configure
-tests should you decide to re-run the script.)
-]
-
-Have a look at the Makefile to see if you agree with the information
-therein. If you want to use the bundle in-place, now run:
-
- make in-place
-
-If you're installing, run
+Now run:
make install
(`make show-install-setup' prints the details of where the different
pieces of the bundle are heading when -- possibly helpful).
-GHC's installation instructions have more information, check out
-http://www.haskell.org/ghc/documentation.html.
+For more information, full GHC documentation is available from the
+main GHC site:
+
+ http://www.haskell.org/ghc
-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@haskell.org
+Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation
+procedure/setup (as well as other GHC related troubles you're
+experiencing, of course), gratefully received. Bug reporting
+instructions are here:
-Enjoy.
+ http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
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+Enjoy,
+-- The GHC Team.
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