Dependency on ghc-mod causes Sublime to not start after modal dialogue

[AaronFriel]

This is basically never correct behavior for a plugin to prevent the application from running. Because Hackage is down, I can't install ghc-mod, and because Sublime Haskell was automatically updated to have this dependency, I now have to figure out how to manually uninstall it so I can continue writing code. ._.

[bhadra]

I guess you have already figured it out. Anyway here are my suggestions:

1. Copy SublimeHaskell.sublime-settings to user directory.
2. Edit SublimeHaskell.sublime-settings and set "enable_ghc_mod" to false.
3. Restart Sublime Text.

[nh2]

@AaronFriel Did you experience this before 8f56bce?

Because that commit added the note about enable_ghc_mod to the popup.

[jack-pappas]

I installed Sublime Text 2 and SublimeHaskell yesterday, and got this same error (with the note about enable_ghc_mod). I thought just installing ghc-mod would fix it, so I ran a cabal install ghc-mod from the command prompt. Now, when I try to launch Sublime Text it doesn't load and the error popup doesn't appear either (so I guess it's silently crashing); setting enable_ghc_mod to false in the settings file doesn't do anything.

Also, the README.md in the package folder lists the data-aeson package as a requirement. Shouldn't it be aeson instead? (It contains the Data.Aeson modules.)

EDIT : After my initial post, I noticed there was a zombie process of Sublime Text running. I killed it, and now Sublime Text works again (without the error popup, now that I have ghc_mod installed). So, it appears that all I needed to do from the beginning was install the ghc-mod package.

[jrgarcia]

I agree. It's pretty bad that I have to manually configure this package just to start the application.

[faroncoder]

Solved by performing this:

$: sudo apt-get install cabal-install
$: cabal update
$: cabal install ghc-mod

[mooreniemi]

where do you need to install it, faroncoder? where is sublimehaskell looking for it, i mean

[nh2]

@mooreniemi By default on Linux, cabal installs it into /home/yourusername/.cabal/bin.

You need to put that path into the add_to_PATH setting, like this:

"add_to_PATH":  ["/home/niklas/.cabal/bin"]

[mooreniemi]

I'm on Yosemite and when I do which ghc-mod I see ./.cabal-sandbox/bin/ghc-mod (makes sense, I am trying to be in my sandbox). When I switch that to the absolute path, I'm all good. :) Just FYI to other folks viewing this.