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HELP I'M NEW TO HASKELL AND CABAL IS KILLING ME!!!
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# REMOVE ANYTHING CABAL HAS EVER DROPPED ONTO YOUR SYSTEM
rm -rf ~/.{ghc,cabal}
# UPDATE CABAL
cabal update
# UPGRADE CABAL TO 1.18 (BECAUSE THEY ADDED SANDBOXES)
cabal install cabal-install
export PATH=~/.cabal/bin:$PATH ;# PUT THIS IN YOUR PROFILE
# CREATE A SANDBOX (THINK VIRTUALENV)
cd /tmp/
mkdir idris-install
cd idris-install
cabal sandbox init
# INSTALL IDRIS
cabal install idris
sudo cp ./.cabal-sandbox/bin/* /usr/local/bin/
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LeifW commented Feb 9, 2014

Cabal also has a --destdir option (think make install) - maybe that'd work instead of cp?
https://gist.github.com/LeifW/7125693#file-gistfile1-txt-L3
Idris only has a single executable, idris, in /bin, anyways.

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