Chapter 2 Installation and Use

Download the compressed tar file and uncompress/untar it in the location of your choice. It will create a directory called edison with several subdirectories containing the actual source code.

Now, cd to the edison directory and type

    make all

I recommend using GHC 4.00 or higher (I used GHC 4.00 for testing). See Section 3.7 for a discussion of portability issues.

To compile a file Foo.hs that uses Edison, type something like

    ghc -c -i/usr/local/edison/Import Foo.hs

where /usr/local should be replaced with the correct path to the edison directory. To compile and link, type something like

    ghc -i/usr/local/edison/Import -L/usr/local/edison/Lib -ledison Foo.hs