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Here's a list of things to check before you get started.
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Disk space needed: About 30MB (five hamburgers' worth) of disk space
for the most basic binary distribution of GHC; more for some
platforms, e.g., Alphas. An extra "bundle" (e.g., concurrent
Haskell libraries) might take you to 8--10 hamburgers.
You'll need over 100MB (say, 20 hamburgers' worth) if you need to
build the basic stuff from scratch.
All of the above are estimates of disk-space needs.(I don't yet
know the disk requirements for the non-GHC tools).
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Use an appropriate machine, compilers, and things.
SPARC boxes, DEC Alphas running OSF/1, and PCs running Linux, FreeBSD,
or Solaris are all fully supported. MIPS, AIX, Win32 and HP boxes are
in pretty good shape. Section See section What machines the Glasgow tools run on gives the full run-down
on ports or lack thereof.
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Be sure that the "pre-supposed" utilities are installed.
Section See section Installing pre-supposed utilities elaborates.
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If you have any problem when building or installing the Glasgow
tools, please check the "known pitfalls"
(section See section Known pitfalls in building Glasgow Haskell). Also check the "known bugs" web page
for GHC:
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`http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/ghc-bugs.html'
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If you feel there is still some shortcoming in our procedure or
instructions, please report it.
For GHC, please see the bug-reporting section of the User's guide
(separate document), to maximise the usefulness of your report.
If in doubt, please send a message to `glasgow-haskell-bugs@dcs.gla.ac.uk'.
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