Can't install on Ubuntu 14.04.

[Rmano]

Hi, I tried to install and test hoodle on Ubunut 14.04 but I can't go past an error.
I had to add some package to the list of pre-install requirements:

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev librsvg2-dev libpoppler-glib-dev libgd2-xpm-dev pdftk  ghc alex happy cabal-install gtk2hs-buildtools libghc-cairo-dev 
cabal update 
cabal install gtk2hs-buildtools
cabal install hoodle

But (after a looong while) the compilation stopped with

Resolving dependencies...
Failed to install cairo-0.13.1.0
Failed to install glib-0.13.1.0
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
cairo-0.13.1.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
user error (The package requires Cabal library version -any && >=1.18 but no
suitable version is installed.)
gio-0.13.0.4 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
glib-0.13.1.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
user error (The package requires Cabal library version -any && >=1.18 but no
suitable version is installed.)
gtk-0.13.4 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
hoodle-0.4.0 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
hoodle-core-0.15.0 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
hoodle-publish-0.2.0 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
hoodle-render-0.5.0 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
pango-0.13.0.5 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
poppler-0.13 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
svgcairo-0.13.0.2 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.

...Ubuntu LTS come with libghc-cairo-dev 0.12.4.

Is there a workaround for this?
Thanks

[tormec]

Same issue.
Using Synaptic I installed "cabal-install" version 1.16 but it wasn't sufficient.
So, from https://www.haskell.org/cabal/download.html I installed the last version, but it didn't solve the problem because now I get:

Resolving dependencies...
[1 of 2] Compiling SetupWrapper     ( /tmp/cairo-0.13.1.0-3838/cairo-0.13.1.0/SetupWrapper.hs, /tmp/cairo-0.13.1.0-3838/cairo-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/SetupWrapper.o )
[2 of 2] Compiling Main             ( /tmp/cairo-0.13.1.0-3838/cairo-0.13.1.0/Setup.hs, /tmp/cairo-0.13.1.0-3838/cairo-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/Main.o )
Linking /tmp/cairo-0.13.1.0-3838/cairo-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/setup ...
[1 of 2] Compiling Gtk2HsSetup      ( Gtk2HsSetup.hs, dist/setup-wrapper/Gtk2HsSetup.o )
[2 of 2] Compiling Main             ( SetupMain.hs, dist/setup-wrapper/Main.o )
Linking dist/setup-wrapper/setup ...
Configuring cairo-0.13.1.0...
setup: The program 'gtk2hsC2hs' version >=0.13.12 is required but the version
found at /usr/bin/gtk2hsC2hs is version 0.13.6
Failed to install cairo-0.13.1.0
[1 of 2] Compiling SetupWrapper     ( /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-3838/glib-0.13.1.0/SetupWrapper.hs, /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-3838/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/SetupWrapper.o )
[2 of 2] Compiling Main             ( /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-3838/glib-0.13.1.0/Setup.hs, /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-3838/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/Main.o )
Linking /tmp/glib-0.13.1.0-3838/glib-0.13.1.0/dist/setup/setup ...
[1 of 2] Compiling Gtk2HsSetup      ( Gtk2HsSetup.hs, dist/setup-wrapper/Gtk2HsSetup.o )
[2 of 2] Compiling Main             ( SetupMain.hs, dist/setup-wrapper/Main.o )
Linking dist/setup-wrapper/setup ...
Configuring glib-0.13.1.0...
setup: The program 'gtk2hsC2hs' version >=0.13.12 is required but the version
found at /usr/bin/gtk2hsC2hs is version 0.13.6
Failed to install glib-0.13.1.0
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
cairo-0.13.1.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
gio-0.13.1.0 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
glib-0.13.1.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
gtk-0.13.6 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
hoodle-0.4.0 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
hoodle-core-0.15.0 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
hoodle-publish-0.2.0 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
hoodle-render-0.5.0 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
pango-0.13.1.0 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
poppler-0.13 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.
svgcairo-0.13.0.3 depends on glib-0.13.1.0 which failed to install.

[tormec]

I've executed these steps:
https://www.haskell.org/downloads/linux
then I've executed

cabal install hoodle

and long after wards I've got:

[...]
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
hoodle-0.4.0 depends on poppler-0.13 which failed to install.
hoodle-core-0.15.0 depends on poppler-0.13 which failed to install.
hoodle-publish-0.2.0 depends on poppler-0.13 which failed to install.
hoodle-render-0.5.0 depends on poppler-0.13 which failed to install.
poppler-0.13 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1

so I've done:

cabal install poppler

but

Resolving dependencies...
[1 of 2] Compiling SetupWrapper     ( /tmp/poppler-0.13-801/poppler-0.13/SetupWrapper.hs, /tmp/poppler-0.13-801/poppler-0.13/dist/setup/SetupWrapper.o )

/tmp/poppler-0.13-801/poppler-0.13/SetupWrapper.hs:118:28: Warning:
    In the use of ‘configCompiler’
    (imported from Distribution.Simple.Configure):
    Deprecated: "'configCompiler' is deprecated. Use 'configCompilerEx' instead."
[2 of 2] Compiling Main             ( /tmp/poppler-0.13-801/poppler-0.13/dist/setup/setup.hs, /tmp/poppler-0.13-801/poppler-0.13/dist/setup/Main.o )
Linking /tmp/poppler-0.13-801/poppler-0.13/dist/setup/setup ...
[1 of 2] Compiling Gtk2HsSetup      ( Gtk2HsSetup.hs, dist/setup-wrapper/Gtk2HsSetup.o )

Gtk2HsSetup.hs:161:28:
    Couldn't match expected type ‘IO
                                    (Distribution.InstalledPackageInfo.InstalledPackageInfo_
                                       ModuleName)’
                with actual type ‘FilePath
                                  -> PackageDB
                                  -> IO Distribution.InstalledPackageInfo.InstalledPackageInfo’
    Probable cause: ‘generateRegistrationInfo’ is applied to too few arguments
    In a stmt of a 'do' block:
      installedPkgInfoRaw <- generateRegistrationInfo
                               verbosity pkg lib lbi clbi inplace distPref
    In the expression:
      do { installedPkgInfoRaw <- generateRegistrationInfo
                                    verbosity pkg lib lbi clbi inplace distPref;
           dllsInScope <- getSearchPath >>= (filterM doesDirectoryExist)
                          >>= getDlls;
           let libs = fixLibs dllsInScope (extraLibraries installedPkgInfoRaw)
               installedPkgInfo = ...;
           case () of {
             _ | modeGenerateRegFile -> die "Generate Reg File not supported"
               | modeGenerateRegScript -> die "Generate Reg Script not supported"
               | otherwise
               -> registerPackage
                    verbosity installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace packageDbs } }

Gtk2HsSetup.hs:162:63:
    Couldn't match type ‘[Char]’ with ‘Bool’
    Expected type: Bool
      Actual type: FilePath
    In the 7th argument of ‘generateRegistrationInfo’, namely
      ‘distPref’
    In a stmt of a 'do' block:
      installedPkgInfoRaw <- generateRegistrationInfo
                               verbosity pkg lib lbi clbi inplace distPref
Failed to install poppler-0.13
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
poppler-0.13 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1

[wavewave]

The current version of poppler is not compatible with ghc 7.10 and the newest version of cabal-install. I have fixed some issues (I am also a maintainer of haskell poppler library) but didn't upload the newest version yet. I will test builds on other version of ghc and cabal and upload it soon.

[ocharles]

Is there any progress on 7.10 support?

[zenny]

Yep, this is the bottlneck! :(

[wavewave]

I've uploaded the newest version on hackage (0.13.1) which is compatible with ghc-7.10. Would you try to install it after cabal update? Thanks!

[tormec]

Beat the drums! Blow the horns! Finally hoodle-0.4.0 on my Xubuntu 14.04!!

In my case, was very important to set:

if [ -d "$HOME/.cabal/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH"
fi

in my .profile, since cabal install installs executables in $HOME/.cabal/bin while some old fles are in /usr/bin so it's important the order (see the difference):
PATH="$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH"
PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.cabal/bin"
Remeber to log-out / log-in in order to applay the new path.

Further info here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10197712/how-to-upgrade-gtk2hsc2hs

Then:
cabal update
cabal install gtk2hs-buildtools
cabal install glib-0.13.2.1
cabal install poppler-0.13.1
cabal install hoodle

[wavewave]

Thanks for the success report! So with correct dependencies, this shows that hoodle is installable on ubuntu 14.04.

Eventually, I will use stack for hoodle and register it to stackage, and then I hope that the installation will be much easier than now.