[haskell-platform] #26: Source tarball needs INSTALL file

[haskell-platform]

#26: Source tarball needs INSTALL file
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 Reporter:  tibbe                   |        Owner:  duncan  
     Type:  defect                  |       Status:  new     
 Priority:  major                   |    Milestone:  2009.2.2
Component:  Generic source tarball  |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:                          |  
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Changes (by dons):

  * milestone:  => 2009.2.2

Old description:

> While trying to install from the source tarball I got this error:
>
> {{{
> $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME
> [snip]
> checking GL/glu.h usability... no
> checking GL/glu.h presence... no
> checking for GL/glu.h... no
> configure: error: The OpenGL C library is required
> make: *** [config.status] Error 1
> }}}
>
> Turns out that it's non-trivial to figure out which package provides
> OpenGL on Ubuntu. Installing libgl1-mesa-dev which provides the virtual
> package libgl-dev didn't work.
>
> An INSTALL file that lists the additional packages needed on different
> platforms would be nice.

New description:

 Collecting all the platform-specific C library names is a big task. Need
 to start with a wiki page.

 While trying to install from the source tarball I got this error:

 {{{
 $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME
 [snip]
 checking GL/glu.h usability... no
 checking GL/glu.h presence... no
 checking for GL/glu.h... no
 configure: error: The OpenGL C library is required
 make: *** [config.status] Error 1
 }}}

 Turns out that it's non-trivial to figure out which package provides
 OpenGL on Ubuntu. Installing libgl1-mesa-dev which provides the virtual
 package libgl-dev didn't work.

 An INSTALL file that lists the additional packages needed on different
 platforms would be nice.

Comment:

 Bumping to next major release.

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