Hello World does not compile (missing Prelude?)

Note: This is actually 6.10.2 (the Ticket Properties does not give this choice)

$ cat hello.hs 
main = do
  putStrLn "Hello, World"

$ which ghc
/home/t/local/bin/ghc
$ ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.10.2
$ ghc --make hello
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( hello.hs, hello.o )

hello.hs:1:0:
    Failed to load interface for `Prelude':
      Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.

Ubuntu 8.04 GHC 6.8.2 works though:

$ /usr/bin/ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.8.2
$ /usr/bin/ghc --make hello
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( hello.hs, hello.o )
Linking hello ...
$ ./hello 
Hello, World

$ ghc -v --make hello

Prints lots of stuff, including:

hello.hs:1:0:
    Failed to load interface for `Prelude':
      locations searched:
        Prelude.hs
        Prelude.lhs

Indeed, Prelude seems to be missing:

$ cd ~/local/lib/ghc-6.10.2/
$ find . -name \*elude\*

I can also confirm another bug report (the reason is likely the same):

$ ghci
GHCi, version 6.10.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 6.10.2 for i386-unknown-linux):
	interactiveUI:setBuffering2

Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug

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Trac field	Value
Version	6.10.1
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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