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You have to scroll back to see the actual error. That could be anything from missing C libraries to a permission problem.

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I'm sure it's fixable, it's just not the best first impression for those new to the ecosystem :) I love trying out new languages (prag pubs 7 languages in 7 days is great) but for production work I want to know that down the line if I need lib x, it won't be hard to find and even more importantly it will just work (or the googles machine will lead me in the right direction).

I actually stayed away from Scala for a while for this reason. SBT would blow up left and right. It's more mature now and with Play you can build performant web apps very quickly.

I do not think ghc/haskell-platform targets homebrew, as most programs/libraries do not right?

So some amount of leg work is bound to come up if you install many packages through homebrew.

My point is not "it is fixable". My point is you didn't look at the error and just decided "shit's broken". Your problem is with 99.999999% certainty a simple problem that is unrelated to cabal. The fact that it is possible to see an error does not indicate that there is some uncertainty about whether or not you will be able to install lib x.

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