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Gentoo supports the Haskell Platform!

==Setup==

There are two ways to install haskell-platform, from the main [http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-haskell/haskell-platform portage tree] or the [https://github.com/gentoo-haskell/gentoo-haskell/tree/master/dev-haskell/haskell-platform overlay]. The overlay is recommended as the overlay includes additional haskell packages that are not in the portage tree.

===Overlay===

To get the latest version use the overlay. If you haven't already, [http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/userguide.xml install layman] (this is used to setup overlays). Then run 'layman -a haskell' to install the haskell overlay. Now you are ready to [[#Install|install]].

===Portage Setup===

Gentoo portage packaging policy requires that packages can not be marked stable until they have been in the portage tree for > 30 days.  Some of the ebuilds are not stable yet, so they need to be enabled by adding these entries to /etc/portage/package.keywords:

<pre>
app-admin/haskell-updater
dev-haskell/alex
dev-haskell/cabal
dev-haskell/cabal-install
dev-haskell/cgi
dev-haskell/deepseq
dev-haskell/fgl
dev-haskell/gluraw
dev-haskell/glut
dev-haskell/haddock
dev-haskell/happy
dev-haskell/haskell-platform
dev-haskell/haskell-src
dev-haskell/hscolour
dev-haskell/html
dev-haskell/http
dev-haskell/hunit
dev-haskell/mtl
dev-haskell/network
dev-haskell/objectname
dev-haskell/openglraw
dev-haskell/opengl
dev-haskell/parallel
dev-haskell/parsec
dev-haskell/quickcheck
dev-haskell/random
dev-haskell/regex-base
dev-haskell/regex-compat
dev-haskell/regex-posix
dev-haskell/statevar
dev-haskell/stm
dev-haskell/syb
dev-haskell/tensor
dev-haskell/text
dev-haskell/time
dev-haskell/transformers
dev-haskell/xhtml
dev-haskell/zlib
dev-lang/ghc
</pre>

==Install==

Now, to install, run:

<code>
emerge haskell-platform
</code>

This will pull the GHC compiler, Cabal, and all the libraries included in HP. If you want haddock documentation, set your <code>USE="doc"</code>. If you also want profiling libraries, set <code>USE="profile"</code>.

==Feedback==

Got any feedback for the packages above? Let us know!

You'll find us in <code>#gentoo-haskell @ freenode</code>, or send your comments to [mailto:haskell@gentoo.org haskell@gentoo.org].