{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/210","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/210/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/210/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/210/events","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/210","id":106178372,"number":210,"title":"How about intelligible setup instructions?","user":{"login":"OnkelTem","id":114060,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/114060?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/OnkelTem","html_url":"https://github.com/OnkelTem","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OnkelTem/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OnkelTem/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OnkelTem/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OnkelTem/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OnkelTem/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OnkelTem/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OnkelTem/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OnkelTem/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/OnkelTem/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-09-12T18:53:29Z","updated_at":"2015-09-12T18:59:39Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Sorry for such a curt title, but I really don't get how it is supposed to start using anything by just following the README.md, which at least incomplete.\r\n\r\nSo I've fetched haskell-platform and typed:\r\n\r\n$ ./platform.sh \r\n```\r\n./platform.sh: 18: ./platform.sh: cabal: not found\r\n***\r\n*** Building hptool\r\n***\r\n./platform.sh: 29: ./platform.sh: cabal: not found\r\n```\r\n\r\nOk, seems like I'm missing cabal. There is not a line in the README about cabal. But there is a reference to certain \"bindist\" and link to https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_8_3 where the first block says: stop and get off.\r\n\r\nThanks in advance.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/comments/139809803","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/210#issuecomment-139809803","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/210","id":139809803,"user":{"login":"gbaz","id":1125849,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1125849?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/gbaz","html_url":"https://github.com/gbaz","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gbaz/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gbaz/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gbaz/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gbaz/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gbaz/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gbaz/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gbaz/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gbaz/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gbaz/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-12T18:59:39Z","updated_at":"2015-09-12T18:59:39Z","body":"If you really do want to build from source, then yes, you should install the ghc bindist first. The reason the ghc page says \"stop\" is precisely because most people shouldn't be using from source, but rather using one of the other methods.\r\n\r\nThat said, for the latest platform, you'll actually want a newer ghc (https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_10_2) and we should probably update the readme to indicate this."}}