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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-10-22 13:50:41 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-10-22 13:50:41 -0400 |
| commit | 057fa2aed958bae9a7950066e813e16c06f84643 (patch) | |
| tree | f85a7fbc233693b376f664fa6621582fed499f32 | |
| parent | cca89b053654ad8f05fdfea5fe48fd6efd358bab (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn index 6c5c0d4c6..4eac597f1 100644 --- a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,14 @@ -As a haskell package, git-annex can be installed using cabal. +As a haskell package, git-annex can be installed using cabal. + +This involves building a lot of haskell packages from source, and so it has +a lot of moving parts, and it's not uncommon for it to be broken from time +to time. + +If you are not comfortable tracking down and dealing with library build +problems, installing git-annex with cabal is probably not the right choice +for you! + +## prerequisites Start by installing the [Haskell Platform][]. In Debian, this is as simple as: |