Failed to install HPDF-1.4.10

[sladdythebrain]

Hello,

I tried to install the tttool on MacOS Mojave (10.14.1) but it fails during install of the HPDF-1.4.10 package... I install Haskell 8.6.3...

Any idea what's wrong here?

Failed to install HPDF-1.4.10
Build log ( /Users/andreas/.cabal/logs/ghc-8.6.3/HPDF-1.4.10-1TQUk5a8UhGKOZP0h7wTTi.log ):
cabal: Entering directory '/var/folders/tf/gsr9_7ld0m19fzc1jsgky1yh0000gp/T/cabal-tmp-26666/HPDF-1.4.10'
Configuring HPDF-1.4.10...
Preprocessing library for HPDF-1.4.10..
Building library for HPDF-1.4.10..
[ 1 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.Data.Trie ( Graphics/PDF/Data/Trie.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/Data/Trie.o )
[ 2 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.Documentation ( Graphics/PDF/Documentation.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/Documentation.o )
[ 3 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.Hyphenate.LowLevel ( Graphics/PDF/Hyphenate/LowLevel.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/Hyphenate/LowLevel.o )
[ 4 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.Hyphenate.English ( Graphics/PDF/Hyphenate/English.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/Hyphenate/English.o )
[ 5 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.Hyphenate ( Graphics/PDF/Hyphenate.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/Hyphenate.o )
[ 6 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.LowLevel.Kern ( Graphics/PDF/LowLevel/Kern.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/LowLevel/Kern.o )
[ 7 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.LowLevel.Serializer ( Graphics/PDF/LowLevel/Serializer.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/LowLevel/Serializer.o )
[ 8 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.LowLevel.Types ( Graphics/PDF/LowLevel/Types.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/LowLevel/Types.o )

Graphics/PDF/LowLevel/Types.hs:220:12: warning: [-Wdeprecations]
In the use of ‘foldWithKey’ (imported from Data.Map):
Deprecated: "As of version 0.4, replaced by 'foldrWithKey'."
|
220 | M.foldWithKey convertItem mempty a
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[ 9 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.Data.PDFTree ( Graphics/PDF/Data/PDFTree.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/Data/PDFTree.o )
[10 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.Coordinates ( Graphics/PDF/Coordinates.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/Coordinates.o )
[11 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.Action ( Graphics/PDF/Action.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/Action.o )
[12 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.Resources ( Graphics/PDF/Resources.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/Resources.o )
[13 of 31] Compiling Graphics.PDF.Draw ( Graphics/PDF/Draw.hs, dist/build/Graphics/PDF/Draw.o )

Graphics/PDF/Draw.hs:256:5: error:
• No instance for (Control.Monad.Fail.MonadFail Draw)
arising from a do statement
with the failable pattern ‘(x : xs)’
• In a stmt of a 'do' block: (x : xs) <- gets supplyNames
In the expression:
do (x : xs) <- gets supplyNames
modifyStrict $ \ s -> s {supplyNames = xs}
return x
In an equation for ‘supplyName’:
supplyName
= do (x : xs) <- gets supplyNames
modifyStrict $ \ s -> ...
return x
|
256 | (x:xs) <- gets supplyNames
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
cabal: Leaving directory '/var/folders/tf/gsr9_7ld0m19fzc1jsgky1yh0000gp/T/cabal-tmp-26666/HPDF-1.4.10'

Thanks and have a nice day,
Andreas

[nomeata]

GHC-8.6 is not yet supported, because one of our dependencies seems to be unmaintained, see alpheccar/HPDF#21

You should be able to build with GHC-8.4.

[nomeata]

Also see #191 (comment)

[raisken]

So, apparently all of this discussion becomes obsolete when instead of directly compiling tttool one goes to the tttool directory and does:

stack init
stack build

What happens is that "stack" compiles tttool and just goes back to working versions of all packages.

[nomeata]

I guess that is true. I don't use stack myself, but it might be the better option to give to newcomers. I am happy to accept pull requesta that update the docs to use stack.

[raisken]

After trying to use it: it seems that tttool is only partially functional after using stack in the described way. Apropos "newcomer": I'm pretty much clueless about Haskell, but I can add more comments if I figure out something more pertaining to tttool.

[nomeata]

What do you mean with “partially functional”? What goes wrong?

[raisken]

There are four commands I tried. Help works. Reading the header of a gme file works. Reading other contents of a gme file does not work.
Command:
tttool export Bilderlexikon\ Tiere.gme
Output:
tttool: Bilderlexikon Tiere.gme: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)

Playing a gme file does not work either.
Command:
tttool play Bilderlexikon\ Tiere.gme
Output:
Initial state (not showing zero registers): $0=1
Playing audio sample 824
Could not play audio file.
Do you have "sox" installed?

[nomeata]

That looks very suspicious, and I have doubts that the way you build tttool could be responsible.

[raisken]

Indeed, the first issue was resolved by reinstalling Haskell Platform. The Export and Media commands work now. Play still does not work, but that's not as essential, I guess.

[nomeata]

Judging from the error message, you just need to install the sox package. apt install sox on Debian or Ubuntu.

[raisken]

Seems everything works now. Thanks!

[nomeata]

Official build instructions now use nix, which should avoid this problem.