How to install latest GHC 7.10.2 from source + stack 0.1.6.0 + cabal 1.22.4.0 + cabal-install 1.22.6.0 on ubuntu

install-ghc.md

How to install latest GHC 7.10.2 from source + stack 0.1.6.0 + cabal 1.22.4.0 + cabal-install 1.22.6.0 on ubuntu

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gist
git repo

settings

GHC_VERSION="7.10.2"  
ARCHITECTURE="x86_64"  
# for 32 bit ARCHITECTURE="i386"      
PLATFORM="unknown-linux"  
GHC_DIST_FILENAME="ghc-$GHC_VERSION-$ARCHITECTURE-$PLATFORM-deb7.tar.bz2"

CABAL_VERSION="1.22.4.0"
CABAL_DIST_FILENAME="Cabal-$CABAL_VERSION.tar.gz"

CABAL_INSTALL_VERSION="1.22.6.0"
CABAL_INSTALL_DIST_FILENAME="cabal-install-$CABAL_INSTALL_VERSION.tar.gz"

STACK_VERSION="0.1.6.0"  
STACK_ARCHITECTURE="x86_64"  
STACK_PLATFORM="linux"  
STACK_DIST_FILENAME="stack-$STACK_VERSION-$STACK_PLATFORM-$STACK_ARCHITECTURE.tar.gz"  

ghc

ubuntu prerequisites

# Multiprecision arithmetic library developers tools, zlib  
sudo apt-get install libgmp-dev zlib1g-dev -y  
sudo -K

ghc installation

# get distr  
cd $HOME/Downloads
wget "https://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/$GHC_VERSION/$GHC_DIST_FILENAME"  
tar xvfj $GHC_DIST_FILENAME  
cd ghc-$GHC_VERSION  

# install to  
mkdir $HOME/Development/bin/ghc-$GHC_VERSION  
# or choose another path

./configure --prefix=$HOME/Development/bin/ghc-$GHC_VERSION  

make install

# symbol links  
cd $HOME/Development/bin
rm -f ghc
ln -s `pwd`/ghc-$GHC_VERSION ghc  

# add $HOME/Development/bin/ghc to $PATH  
# add this line to ~/.profile  
export GHC_HOME=$HOME/Development/bin/ghc  
export PATH=$GHC_HOME/bin:${PATH}

# to use updated path without log off
source ~/.profile

# remove temporary files  
cd $HOME/Downloads  
rm -rfv ghc-$GHC_VERSION*

stack (package manager and build tool, preferrered way to manage dependencies)

cd $HOME/Downloads
STACK_DIST_URL="https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/download/v$STACK_VERSION/$STACK_DIST_FILENAME"
curl -L -O $STACK_DIST_URL  
tar xvfz $STACK_DIST_FILENAME

# move to home development dir  
mkdir -p $HOME/Development/bin/stack-$STACK_VERSION/bin
mv stack $HOME/Development/bin/stack-$STACK_VERSION/bin
rm $STACK_DIST_FILENAME  
cd $HOME/Development/bin  

# sym link
rm -ri stack  
ln -s `pwd`/stack-$STACK_VERSION stack  

# add to PATH environment  
STACK_HOME=$HOME/Development/bin/stack  
PATH=$STACK_HOME/bin:$PATH

# clean up
cd $HOME/Downloads
rm -rf stack-$STACK_VERSION*

cabal (package manager, old way to manage dependencies)

# remove old  
rm -rfv $HOME/.cabal
rm -rfv $HOME/.ghc

cabal library

# clone dist  
cd $HOME/Downloads  
curl -O "https://www.haskell.org/cabal/release/cabal-$CABAL_VERSION/$CABAL_DIST_FILENAME"  

# extract   
tar xzvf $CABAL_DIST_FILENAME  
cd Cabal-$CABAL_VERSION  

# build
ghc --make Setup.hs
./Setup configure --user
./Setup build
./Setup install

# Remove temporary files
cd $HOME/Downloads
rm -rfv Cabal-$CABAL_VERSION*

cabal-install

# get distributive  
cd $HOME/Downloads  
curl -O "https://www.haskell.org/cabal/release/cabal-install-$CABAL_INSTALL_VERSION/$CABAL_INSTALL_DIST_FILENAME"  

# extract archive  
tar xzvf $CABAL_INSTALL_DIST_FILENAME  
cd cabal-install-$CABAL_INSTALL_VERSION  

# install  
./bootstrap.sh

# remove temporary files  
cd $HOME/Downloads  
rm -rfv cabal-install-$CABAL_INSTALL_VERSION*  

# add path to cabal to PATH environment
export CABAL_HOME=$HOME/.cabal
export PATH=$CABAL_HOME/bin:$PATH