From f17e2b29b603c0bfdc540d6085e2b7078e10ef5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Stewart Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 16:59:34 +0100 Subject: we depend on Cabal 1.2.0 or newer darcs-hash:20071109155934-cba2c-b19190f1a51ace2973a0fbc2eba08a5e9a21ce0a.gz --- README | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 86b0ab7..f8d41bf 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ Building: apt-get install libx11-dev + xmonad requires a recent version of Cabal, >= 1.2.0. If you're using + GHC 6.8, then it comes bundled with the right version. If you're + using GHC 6.6.x, you'll need to build and install Cabal from hackage + first: + + http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/Cabal + + You can check which version you have with the command: + + $ ghc-pkg list Cabal + Cabal-1.2.2.0 + Finally, you need the Haskell libraries xmonad depends on. Since you've a working GHC installation now, most of these will be provided. To check whether you've got a package run 'ghc-pkg list -- cgit v1.2.3