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==Installation== |
==Installation== |
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| − | First, get the latest version of Wine from http://www.winehq.com/site/download |
+ | First, get the latest stable version of Wine from your distribution's repository, or from http://www.winehq.com/site/download. |
| + | For Mac users, WineBottler works well. |
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| − | Next, grab the latest [[ |
+ | Next, grab the latest [[Windows]] version of Haskell Platform from http://www.haskell.org/platform/windows.html |
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Once this is all done, you should be good to start using GHC. |
Once this is all done, you should be good to start using GHC. |
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Create a simple haskell program to compile. Hello World examples are good. Try compiling it:<br/> |
Create a simple haskell program to compile. Hello World examples are good. Try compiling it:<br/> |
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| − | <code><pre>$ wine ghc |
+ | <code><pre>$ WINEDEBUG=-all wine ghc --make hello.hs |
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| − | Chasing modules from: HelloWorld.hs |
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| − | fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__sopen : pmode 0x01b6 ignored |
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| − | fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__sopen : pmode 0x01b6 ignored |
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Linking ... |
Linking ... |
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| − | And try running it: |
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<code><pre>$ wine hello |
<code><pre>$ wine hello |
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Hello, world! |
Hello, world! |
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| − | + | </pre></code> |
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| − | If it all works well then you should be able to compile your |
+ | If it all works well then you should be able to compile your Haskell programs for windows with GHC on Wine. |
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== Known problems == |
== Known problems == |
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| + | * MSYS does not integrate with MinGW correctly - [http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15949 See Wine bug 15949] |
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| − | ===Windows DLL's=== |
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| + | * removeDirectoryRecursive did not work correctly prior to wine-1.1.4-538-g2e8dec4. This most notably broke cabal install. '''Use Wine 1.1.5 or newer.''' |
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| − | wine's builtin msvcrt.dll may not work nicely with compilation of more complicated programs. To get around this a native version of the DLL can be found at places such as http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/index.shtml . Disclaimer: I am unsure of what the legal implications of using this DLL without a licensed copy of windows might be. |
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| + | * GHC 6.12.3, Wine 1.2 (from WineBottler) on mac osx leopard: GHC's mingw/bin/gcc.exe exits with a "spawnv failed: errno 2: No such file or directory" error, which breaks cabal install. To work around, replace gcc.exe with a renamed copy of g++.exe, also in that directory ("ghc\bin\mingw> copy g++.exe gcc.exe"). |
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| + | * ghci appears to not work at all here on Wine-1.4/Linux-x86. |
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| + | ===Native DLLs=== |
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| + | Wine isn't perfect (yet) but does offer a solution for using native dlls, as an alternative to builtin dlls if certain functions are not implemented or are buggy and not yet fixed. To configure this use winecfg where you can specify settings for the ordering of preferences for loading dlls, Builtin only, Native only, Builtin then Native and Native then Builtin. |
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| + | [http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks winetricks] can be useful for installing common native dlls or software |
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| + | ==Debugging== |
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| + | You can enable tracing of various components within Wine to aid in debugging issues with Wine by using [http://wiki.winehq.org/DebugChannels Wine Debug Channels]. |
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| + | ==External Links== |
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| + | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=6691 GHC at the Wine AppDB] |
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Revision as of 20:39, 6 December 2012
GHC runs flawlessly under Wine. Here's a guide on how to get it working.
Installation
First, get the latest stable version of Wine from your distribution's repository, or from http://www.winehq.com/site/download. For Mac users, WineBottler works well.
Next, grab the latest Windows version of Haskell Platform from http://www.haskell.org/platform/windows.html
Installing Haskell is as simple as typing: wine HaskellPlatform-2012.4.0.0-setup.exe
Once this is all done, you should be good to start using GHC.
Testing
Create a simple haskell program to compile. Hello World examples are good. Try compiling it:
$ WINEDEBUG=-all wine ghc --make hello.hs
[1 of 1] Compiling Main ( hello.hs, hello.o )
Linking ...
$ wine hello
Hello, world!
If it all works well then you should be able to compile your Haskell programs for windows with GHC on Wine.
If you encounter specific, reproducible issues that are present in the latest release of wine you should file a bug report with the Wine project http://bugs.winehq.org (so long as one doesn't already exist for the issue)
Known problems
- MSYS does not integrate with MinGW correctly - See Wine bug 15949
- removeDirectoryRecursive did not work correctly prior to wine-1.1.4-538-g2e8dec4. This most notably broke cabal install. Use Wine 1.1.5 or newer.
- GHC 6.12.3, Wine 1.2 (from WineBottler) on mac osx leopard: GHC's mingw/bin/gcc.exe exits with a "spawnv failed: errno 2: No such file or directory" error, which breaks cabal install. To work around, replace gcc.exe with a renamed copy of g++.exe, also in that directory ("ghc\bin\mingw> copy g++.exe gcc.exe").
- ghci appears to not work at all here on Wine-1.4/Linux-x86.
Native DLLs
Wine isn't perfect (yet) but does offer a solution for using native dlls, as an alternative to builtin dlls if certain functions are not implemented or are buggy and not yet fixed. To configure this use winecfg where you can specify settings for the ordering of preferences for loading dlls, Builtin only, Native only, Builtin then Native and Native then Builtin.
winetricks can be useful for installing common native dlls or software
Debugging
You can enable tracing of various components within Wine to aid in debugging issues with Wine by using Wine Debug Channels.