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How to install GHC 7.4.1 in Ubuntu from source
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| #Install prerequisites | |
| sudo aptitude install ghc darcs | |
| #Get GHC 7.4.1 source and cabal-install HEAD | |
| wget http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/7.4.1/ghc-7.4.1-src.tar.bz2 | |
| darcs get --lazy http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal/ | |
| tar xjf ghc-7.4.1-src.tar.bz2 | |
| cd ghc-7.4.1 | |
| ./configure --prefix=$HOME/src/ghc | |
| time make -j9 #Only took me about 19 minutes on recent quad core xeon | |
| make install | |
| echo "export PATH=`pwd`/bin:$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc | |
| #my bashfu might be off here, but you get the idea | |
| . ~/.bashrc | |
| mv ~/.cabal ~/.cabalold | |
| cd ../cabal/cabal-install | |
| chmod +x bootstrap.sh | |
| ./bootstrap.sh | |
| cabal update | |
| #Edit ~/.cabal/config to set library profiling to True |
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