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:get it from Hackage. Configure, compile and install Yi as you would do for any other Cabal package.
:get it from Hackage. Configure, compile and install Yi as you would do for any other Cabal package.
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*Setup.hs does not compile!
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*cabal install -fghcAPI fails
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:You need to use Cabal version 1.2.3. To make sure you use it, do:
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:If you want GHC API special capabilities, you have to download, configure, build and copy separately:
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cd yi
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ghc -package Cabal-1.2.3.0 --make Setup.hs
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cabal configure -fghcAPI
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./Setup configure ...
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cabal build
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cabal copy
*Setup configure fails with
*Setup configure fails with
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Setup.hs: Package yi-0.3 can't be built on this system.
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Setup.hs: Package yi-0.4 can't be built on this system.
:It means that you have no UI package available. You need VTY or GTK2hs installed. Get them from Hackage.
:It means that you have no UI package available. You need VTY or GTK2hs installed. Get them from Hackage.
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:(Adjust the specific path to your system. You can find the right location using <tt>locate libgthread</tt>)
:(Adjust the specific path to your system. You can find the right location using <tt>locate libgthread</tt>)
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*ByteString problems: Yi as of 27 January 2008 cannot use the most recent ByteString library (because of the regexp libraries) which is 0.9.0.4 - it needs a version like 0.9 or 0.9.0.1. You may have the correct ByteString library installed, but still see an error like:
 
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Yi/UI/Vty.hs:342:48:<br>
 
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Couldn't match expected type<br> `bytestring-0.9.0.4:Data.ByteString.Internal.ByteString'<br>
 
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against inferred type `B.ByteString'<br>
 
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In the second argument of `renderBS', namely `(B.pack str)'<br>
 
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In the expression: renderBS (styleToAttr sty) (B.pack str)<br>
 
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In the definition of `withStyle':<br>
 
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withStyle sty str = renderBS (styleToAttr sty) (B.pack str)
 
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:This is because versions of ByteString often aren't compatible, and in this case, the VTY library was compiled with a different version.
 
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*I get
 
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No instance for (RegexLike Regex B.ByteString)
 
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:The proper fix requires some more cabal features which hopefully come with Cabal 1.4. So long we have a workaround as described in [http://groups.google.com/group/yi-devel/msg/309fef4bac9f97e3 this message].
 
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For a more extensive explanation, see http://blog.well-typed.com/2008/04/the-dreaded-diamond-dependency-problem/
 
==== Development ====
==== Development ====
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*What are some of the dependancies?
*What are some of the dependancies?
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:The development version of Yi currently requires Cabal-1.5.2, Crypto-4.1.0, fingertree-0.0, and utf8-string-0.3.1.
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:The development version of Yi currently requires Cabal-1.4, fingertree-0.0, and utf8-string-0.3.1.
::If you are on Mac OS X and are using MacPorts, then these will not be included in the GHC in that distribution. Many of the dependancies are in MacPorts (for example: ghc, ghc-devel, alex, and gtk2hs). However, you may have some trouble building with Cabal-1.5.2, since it is a development version of Cabal. To work around these issues, you might have to add the line "Build-Type: Simple" to the .cabal files in the above required packages.
::If you are on Mac OS X and are using MacPorts, then these will not be included in the GHC in that distribution. Many of the dependancies are in MacPorts (for example: ghc, ghc-devel, alex, and gtk2hs). However, you may have some trouble building with Cabal-1.5.2, since it is a development version of Cabal. To work around these issues, you might have to add the line "Build-Type: Simple" to the .cabal files in the above required packages.

Revision as of 11:55, 25 July 2008

Contents

1 Installation

  • How do I install Yi?
get it from Hackage. Configure, compile and install Yi as you would do for any other Cabal package.
  • cabal install -fghcAPI fails
If you want GHC API special capabilities, you have to download, configure, build and copy separately: 
cd yi
cabal configure -fghcAPI
cabal build
cabal copy
  • Setup configure fails with 
Setup.hs: Package yi-0.4 can't be built on this system.
It means that you have no UI package available. You need VTY or GTK2hs installed. Get them from Hackage.
  • On Mac OS X if you get an error message similar to this: 
yi: can't load .so/.DLL for: gthread-2.0 (dlopen(libgthread-2.0.dylib, 10): image not found)
then your dynamic library search path variable is probably not set correctly. You can set it (in Bash) using: 
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/lib
(Adjust the specific path to your system. You can find the right location using locate libgthread)

1.1 Development

  • How do I install Yi for development?
Get it from http://code.haskell.org/yi while there are other repositories of Yi out there, this is the latest.
  • What are some of the dependancies?
The development version of Yi currently requires Cabal-1.4, fingertree-0.0, and utf8-string-0.3.1.
If you are on Mac OS X and are using MacPorts, then these will not be included in the GHC in that distribution. Many of the dependancies are in MacPorts (for example: ghc, ghc-devel, alex, and gtk2hs). However, you may have some trouble building with Cabal-1.5.2, since it is a development version of Cabal. To work around these issues, you might have to add the line "Build-Type: Simple" to the .cabal files in the above required packages.

2 Configuration

2.1 How to Configure Yi

You can find configuration file examples in the 'examples/' directory, or online at http://code.haskell.org/yi/examples/.

A good way to start is to copy yi.hs in your ~/.yi directory (create it if needed), and hack as needed.

3 Usage

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