[Haskell-cafe] Really impossible to reinstall `base' using cabal?

[Daniel Fischer]

On Wednesday 26 October 2011, 02:00:49, Captain Freako wrote:
> So, do you have any advice for me, with regard to solving this issue:
> 
> Implicit import declaration:
>    Could not find module `Prelude':
>      Perhaps you haven't installed the "dyn" libraries for package
> `base'?
> 
> ?
> 
> That is, how do I get the dynamic versions of the `base' package
> libraries installed, if not via a `cabal install'?

How did you get your ghc?
If from your distro's package manager, you should be able to get the dyn-
libs from that too.
If downloaded from the ghc page or built from source, well, then they 
should already be there, if they aren't, something went wrong.
Other methods?