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@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ X). If you're using Windows, you can install [Cygwin]. Installing GHC -------------- -To compile Pandoc, you'll need [GHC] version 6.6 or greater. If you -don't have GHC already, you can get it from the [GHC Download] page. If -you're compiling GHC from source, be sure to get the `extralibs` in -addition to the base tarball. +To compile Pandoc, you'll need [GHC] version 6.6 or greater and [Cabal] +version 1.2 or greater. If you don't have GHC already, you can get it +from the [GHC Download] page. If you're compiling GHC from source, be +sure to get the `extralibs` in addition to the base tarball. GHC comes +with a version of Cabal. Note, however, that the version of Cabal that +comes with GHC 6.6 is not recent enough. So if you are using GHC 6.6, +you'll probably need to [install Cabal] separately. You can check your +Cabal version using `ghc-pkg list`. If you're running MacOS X, it may be more convenient to install GHC using [MacPorts] or [Fink]. @@ -29,6 +33,8 @@ GHC and the required libraries using `apt-get`: [GHC]: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ [GHC Download]: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download.html +[Cabal]: http://www.haskell.org/cabal/ +[install Cabal]: http://www.haskell.org/cabal/download.html [MacPorts]: http://macports.org [Fink]: http://finkproject.org [Ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com @@ -101,8 +107,8 @@ Installing pandoc using Cabal Pandoc can also be installed using the standard Haskell packaging tool, [Cabal](http://www.haskell.org/cabal/). You'll need GHC 6.6 or greater -(see [Installing GHC](#installing-ghc), above). Just download the source -tarball, unpack, and type: +and Cabal 1.2 or greater (see [Installing GHC](#installing-ghc), above). +Just download the source tarball, unpack, and type: runhaskell Setup.hs configure runhaskell Setup.hs build |