darcs prerequisites on GHC 6.6.x (2009-01-25)
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{{{ wget
`http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/filepath/1.1.0.0/filepath-1.1.0.0.tar.gz <http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/filepath/1.1.0.0/filepath-1.1.0.0.tar.gz>`_
wget
`http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/Cabal/1.4.0.2/Cabal-1.4.0.2.tar.gz <http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/Cabal/1.4.0.2/Cabal-1.4.0.2.tar.gz>`_
wget
`http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/QuickCheck/2.1.0.1/QuickCheck-2.1.0.1.tar.gz <http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/QuickCheck/2.1.0.1/QuickCheck-2.1.0.1.tar.gz>`_
tar xzvf filepath-1.1.0.0.tar.gz cd filepath-1.1.0.0 runhaskell
Setup configure --user --prefix=${HOME}/.cabal runhaskell Setup
build runhaskell Setup install cd .. tar xzvf Cabal-1.6.0.1.tar.gz
cd Cabal-1.6.0.1 ghc --make Setup -hide-package
`FilePath <FilePath>`_-0.11 \|\| ghc --make Setup ./Setup configure
--user --prefix=${HOME}/.cabal ./Setup build ./Setup install cd ..
tar xzvf `QuickCheck <QuickCheck>`_-2.1.0.1.tar.gz cd
`QuickCheck <QuickCheck>`_-2.1.0.1 ghc --make Setup -package
Cabal-1.6.0.1 -hide-all-packages -package base ./Setup configure
--user ./Setup build ./Setup install cd .. }}}

Wahoo! On to building darcs!

Troubleshooting
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-  Error messages about ``undefined reference to `__DISCARD__'``:
   your version of GCC is new. Edit your the ghc shell script in
   ``/usr/local/bin/ghc``(for example) and add ``-fasm``to the end of
   the call to the actual binary