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c5bff5b3
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Jul 16, 2001
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rrt
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[project @ 2001-07-16 14:04:42 by rrt]
Modify Windows installation instructions in accordance with the Way Of The Future.
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<
Para
>
Getting
the
Glasgow
Haskell
Compiler
(
GHC
)
to
run
on
Windows
platforms
can
be
a
bit
of
a
trying
experience
.
It
should
be
much
easier
now
than
in
the
past
,
since
all
the
software
required
to
build
and
use
GHC
is
included
in
past
,
since
all
the
software
required
to
use
GHC
is
included
in
the
InstallShield
.
</
Para
>
<
Para
>
An
installation
of
GHC
requires
about
70
M
of
disk
space
(
which
can
be
reduced
by
choosing
a
&
ldquo
;
compact
&
rdquo
;
installation
).
An
installation
of
GHC
requires
about
70
M
of
disk
space
.
To
run
GHC
comfortably
,
your
machine
should
have
at
least
64
M
of
memory
.
</
Para
>
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@@ -545,18 +544,15 @@ To run GHC comfortably, your machine should have at least
<
Sect2
><
Title
>
Installing
GHC
</
Title
>
<
Para
>
Download
the
latest
GHC
distribution
(
ghc
-
4
.0
8
InstallShield
installer
,
19
M
)
Download
the
latest
GHC
distribution
(
ghc
-
5
.0
2
InstallShield
installer
,
24
M
)
from
<
ULink
URL
=
"http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download.html"
>
haskell
.
org
</
ULink
>
It
is
packaged
up
using
an
installer
that
should
be
familiar
-
looking
to
Windows
users
.
The
4.08
InstallShield
package
comes
with
some
Cygwin
binaries
,
which
unfortunately
won
't work with another Cygwin installation on
the same machine, unless it uses exactly the same version of the Cygwin DLL
(1.3.1 in this InstallShield).
Windows
users
.
</
Para
>
<
Para
>
Note:
The Cygwin
support for
long
file names containing
Note
:
GHC
's
support for file names containing
spaces is not 100%, so make sure that you install ghc in a directory
that has no embedded spaces (i.e., resist the temptation to put it
in <Filename>/Program Files/</Filename>!)
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@@ -565,10 +561,8 @@ in <Filename>/Program Files/</Filename>!)
<Para>
When the installer has completed, make sure you add the location of the
ghc <Filename>bin/</Filename> directory to your path (e.g.
<Filename>/ghc/ghc-
4
.0
8
/bin</Filename>).
<Filename>
C:
/ghc/ghc-
5
.0
2
/bin</Filename>).
You need to do this in order to bring the various GHC binaries into scope.
Also, if the directory <Filename>C:/TEMP</Filename> doesn'
t
already
exist
,
you
should
create
it
.
</Para>
<Para>
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...
@@ -630,7 +624,7 @@ work with symlinks.
<
Question
>
<
Para
>
I'
m
getting
&
ldquo
;
permission
denied
&
rdquo
;
messages
from
<
Command
>
rm
</
Command
>
or
I
'm getting “permission denied” messages from
the
<Command>rm</Command> or
<Command>mv</Command>.
</Para>
</Question>
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@@ -646,21 +640,6 @@ on or rebooting may be the quickest cure.
</QandAEntry>
<
QandAEntry
>
<
Question
>
<
Para
>
I
get
errors
when
trying
to
build
GHC
4.08
with
GHC
4.05
.
</
Para
>
</
Question
>
<
Answer
>
<
Para
>
This
seems
to
work
better
if
you
don
't use
<Option>-O</Option> in <Constant>GhcHcOpts</Constant>. It'
s
a
bug
in
4.05
,
unfortunately
.
Anyway
,
better
to
install
4.08
binaries
and
use
those
.
</
Para
>
</
Answer
>
</
QandAEntry
>
</QandASet>
</Sect2>
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