id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,resolution,keywords,cc
79,Not clear how to install on ubuntu from http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/,hakim.cassimally@…,,"I'm assuming http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/ is the main landing page for the project. 
(If I'm wrong, please let me know where I should start and reject this ticket!)

I'm on Ubuntu, but the ubuntu bullet under ""Linux"" is not linked.

So I try Debian.  The link there is to  http://wiki.debian.org/Haskell/Platform which looks like a project plan.  I'm not clear how to install from there.

I consider the source option: however the tarball notes say ""Note: the source tarball requires that you already have ghc-6.10.3 (or 6.10.4) installed.""  This is no good, as the Ubuntu Jaunty repos only have ghc-6.8...

I believe I can (somehow - not quite clear on details) track down and install ghc 6.10.4 from the debian repos, after which I can then use the source installer to get the platform stuff.  But I thought I'd let you know, as this experience so far isn't ""batteries included"" ;-)",defect,closed,major,,(none-specified),fixed,,ricky.clarkson@…