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| author | fiddlosopher <fiddlosopher@788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b> | 2008-09-06 18:33:39 +0000 |
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| committer | fiddlosopher <fiddlosopher@788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b> | 2008-09-06 18:33:39 +0000 |
| commit | 2cecca73ea76f4c18ddd64be738ad709a321a30c (patch) | |
| tree | 7c2abccd2e69d58fd5adfdad853a6fbb8b39a9ee /INSTALL | |
| parent | fc24c79db6ca54bfd5e2a99e12421d7749514faa (diff) | |
| download | pandoc-2cecca73ea76f4c18ddd64be738ad709a321a30c.tar.gz | |
Updated INSTALL in light of new dependencies (utf8-string and zip-archive).
git-svn-id: https://pandoc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@1421 788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 38 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ to to [install Cabal] separately. You can check your Cabal version using If you're running MacOS X, you can also install GHC using [MacPorts] or [Fink]. If you're on a [debian]-based linux system (such as [Ubuntu]), you can get -GHC and the required libraries using `apt-get`: +GHC and some required libraries using `apt-get`: sudo apt-get install ghc6 libghc6-xhtml-dev libghc6-mtl-dev libghc6-network-dev @@ -33,6 +33,31 @@ GHC and the required libraries using `apt-get`: [Ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com [debian]: http://www.debian.org/ +Installing prerequisites +------------------------ + +Pandoc needs the `utf8-string` and `zip-archive` to compile. +Check your packaging system to see if they are included. +If not, you will need to compile them from source. + +On \*nix systems, the easiest way to do this is to install +the [cabal-install] tool. See the section [Quick Installation +on Unix] for instructions. + +[cabal-install]: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/wiki/CabalInstall +[Quick Installation on Unix]: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/wiki/CabalInstall#QuickInstallationonUnix + +Once you've got `cabal-install` installed, you can install the +needed libraries by doing + + cabal install utf8-string + cabal install zip-archive + +Alternatively, you can install these libraries using the [standard +Cabal method], but you will have to install their dependencies manually. + +[standard Cabal method]: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Cabal/How_to_install_a_Cabal_package + Getting the source ------------------ @@ -63,6 +88,14 @@ Installing Pandoc using Make If you get "Unknown modifier" errors, it is probably because `make` on your system is not [GNU `make`]. Try using `gmake` instead. + If you get a message saying that the `zip-archive` or `utf8-string` + libraries cannot be found, and you have installed these using + `cabal-install`, it is probably because by default `cabal-install` + installs libraries to the user's directory rather than globally. + Try again with + + CABALOPTS=--user make + 3. See if it worked (optional, but recommended): make test @@ -117,7 +150,8 @@ Installing pandoc using Cabal Change to the directory containing the pandoc source, and type: - runhaskell Setup.hs configure + runhaskell Setup.hs configure # add --user if you have installed + # prerequisites locally with cabal-install runhaskell Setup.hs build runhaskell Setup.hs haddock # optional, to build library documentation runhaskell Setup.hs install # this one as root or sudo |