[GHC] #5815: Can't install cabal or SOE graphics on Win XP or 7

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#5815: Can't install cabal or SOE graphics on Win XP or 7
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 Reporter:  punstress          |          Owner:                  
     Type:  bug                |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal             |      Component:  Test Suite      
  Version:  7.2.2              |       Keywords:                  
       Os:  Windows            |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
  Failure:  Documentation bug  |       Testcase:                  
Blockedby:                     |       Blocking:                  
  Related:                     |  
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 I'm taking a class and I need the School of Expression graphics package
 installed ... a week ago! I downloaded the ghci package and ghci works.
 But when I went to install SOE graphics, nothing would work.

 I've tried following the various instructions I found online or got from
 my professor, but they seem to jump over important steps or don't have the
 effect they're supposed to. Or they'll start out for Windows and then have
 screen shots of a Linux type shell, and I don't know if it even applies to
 me.

 I found a file called cabal.exe in a subfolder but when I would type
 anything in the command line beginning with cabal, I get 'not in scope.' I
 moved it up a couple of levels to the bin where ghci and other stuff are.
 Same result. I tried a command my prof suggested, -i.\SOE\graph, to add it
 "the PATH" but the result is the same.

 PLEASE where can I find true STEP BY STEP instructions for both Window XP
 AND 7?? One is my desktop and one is my laptop.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5815>
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