Cannot install haskeline with stack on Archlinux

[Jiehong]

Hi,

This issue looks like #16, but I don't think there is a fix somehow.

So, trying to install haskeline gives the following output on Archlinux:

stack install haskeline
Warning: File listed in haskell-programme.cabal file does not exist: README.md
haskeline-0.7.3.1: configure
haskeline-0.7.3.1: build

--  While building package haskeline-0.7.3.1 using:
      /tmp/stack13776/haskeline-0.7.3.1/.stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux/Cabal-1.24.2.0/setup/setup --builddir=.stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux/Cabal-1.24.2.0 build --ghc-options " -ddump-hi -ddump-to-file"
    Process exited with code: ExitFailure 1
    Logs have been written to: /home/jiehong/Dev/haskell-programme/.stack-work/logs/haskeline-0.7.3.1.log

    [1 of 2] Compiling Main             ( /tmp/stack13776/haskeline-0.7.3.1/Setup.hs, /tmp/stack13776/haskeline-0.7.3.1/.stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux/Cabal-1.24.2.0/setup/Main.o )
    [2 of 2] Compiling StackSetupShim   ( /home/jiehong/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-shim-mPHDZzAJ.hs, /tmp/stack13776/haskeline-0.7.3.1/.stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux/Cabal-1.24.2.0/setup/StackSetupShim.o )
    Linking /tmp/stack13776/haskeline-0.7.3.1/.stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux/Cabal-1.24.2.0/setup/setup ...
    *** Warning: running on POSIX but not building the terminfo backend. ***
    You may need to install the terminfo package manually, e.g. with
    "cabal install terminfo"; or, use "-fterminfo" when configuring or
    installing this package.
    
    Configuring haskeline-0.7.3.1...
    Building haskeline-0.7.3.1...
    Preprocessing library haskeline-0.7.3.1...
    /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ltinfo
    collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
    linking .stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux/Cabal-1.24.2.0/build/System/Console/Haskeline/Directory_hsc_make.o failed (exit code 1)
    command was: /usr/bin/gcc .stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux/Cabal-1.24.2.0/build/System/Console/Haskeline/Directory_hsc_make.o .stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux/Cabal-1.24.2.0/build/System/Console/Haskeline/Directory_hsc_utils.o -o .stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux/Cabal-1.24.2.0/build/System/Console/Haskeline/Directory_hsc_make -fno-stack-protector -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/transformers-0.5.2.0 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/transformers-0.5.2.0 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/terminfo-0.4.0.2 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/terminfo-0.4.0.2 -ltinfo -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/process-1.4.3.0 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/process-1.4.3.0 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/directory-1.3.0.0 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/directory-1.3.0.0 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/unix-2.7.2.1 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/unix-2.7.2.1 -lrt -lutil -ldl -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/time-1.6.0.1 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/time-1.6.0.1 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/filepath-1.4.1.1 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/filepath-1.4.1.1 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/containers-0.5.7.1 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/containers-0.5.7.1 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/bytestring-0.10.8.1 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/bytestring-0.10.8.1 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/deepseq-1.4.2.0 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/deepseq-1.4.2.0 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/array-0.5.1.1 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/array-0.5.1.1 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/base-4.9.1.0 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/base-4.9.1.0 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/integer-gmp-1.0.0.1 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/integer-gmp-1.0.0.1 -lgmp -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/ghc-prim-0.5.0.0 -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/ghc-prim-0.5.0.0 -L/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/rts -Wl,-R,/home/jiehong/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/rts -lm -lrt -ldl -lpthread

However, cabal install terminfo gives the following output:
Resolving dependencies...
All the requested packages are already installed:
terminfo-0.4.0.2
Use --reinstall if you want to reinstall anyway.

Forcing the re-installation does not help at all.
Checking for the lib itself:

ll /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2016-12-28 20:16 '/usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5' -> '/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5'*

I've trying with lts-7.18 instead of lts-8.3 on stack, but still with the same issue.

Could you please help on this issue?

[judah]

From what you wrote on the intero issue, this seems like a problem with the stack installation.

I found a previous stack bug which might be relevant: commercialhaskell/stack/issues/257

The last line of your output has an invocation of gcc: command was: /usr/bingcc ...
Do you know why that command isn't finding the libtinfo.so.5 that you have in your /usr/lib?

[Jiehong]

Alright, I think this is a distribution issue actually, as libtinfo is the only lib which doesn't have a symlink such as libtinfo.so --> libtinfo.so.5.
My guess is that the linker only look for *.so, and not *.so.*. I'll open a ticket on the archlinux bug tracker for that then.

Therefore I'm closing this issue as not an haskeline issue.

[Jiehong]

For reference: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/53157

[magthe]

That bug is closed because it's not the official ncurses package that provides the "proper" libtinfo.so, it's ncurses5-compat-libs from AUR, but it in turn does not create the link libtinfo.so, only libtinfo.so.5.