Haskell Language

Cabal

Syntax#

  • cabal <command> where <command> is one of:
  • [global]
    • update
      • Updates list of known packages
    • install
      • Install packages
    • help
      • Help about commands
    • info
      • Display detailed information about a particular package
    • list
      • List packages matching a search string
    • fetch
      • Downloads packages for later installation
    • user-config
      • Display and update the user’s global cabal configuration
  • [package]
    • get
      • Download/Extract a package’s source code (repository)
    • init
      • Create a new .cabal package file (interactively)
    • configure
      • Prepare to build the package
    • build
      • Compile all/specific components
    • clean
      • Clean up after a build
    • run
      • Builds and runs an executable
    • repl
      • Open an interpreter session for the given component
    • test
      • Run all/specific tests in the test suite
    • bench
      • Run all/specific benchmarks
    • check
      • Check the package for common mistakes
    • sdist
      • Generate a source distribution file (.tar.gz)
    • upload
      • Uploads source packages or documentation to Hackage
    • report
      • Upload build reports to a remote server
    • freeze
      • Freeze dependencies
    • gen-bounds
      • Generate dependency bounds
    • haddock
      • Generate Haddock HTML documentation
    • hscolour
      • Generate HsColour colourised code, in HTML format
    • copy
      • Copy the files into the install locations
    • register
      • Register this package with the compiler
  • [sandbox]
    • sandbox
      • Create/modify/delete a sandbox
        • cabal sandbox init [FLAGS]
        • cabal sandbox delete [FLAGS]
        • cabal sandbox add-source [FLAGS] PATHS
        • cabal sandbox delete-source [FLAGS] PATHS
        • cabal sandbox list-sources [FLAGS]
        • cabal sandbox hc-pkg [FLAGS] [—] COMMAND [—] [ARGS]
    • exec
      • Give a command access to the sandbox package repository
    • repl
      • Open interpreter with access to sandbox packages

Install packages

To install a new package, e.g. aeson:

cabal install aeson

Working with sandboxes

A Haskell project can either use the system wide packages or use a sandbox. A sandbox is an isolated package database and can prevent dependency conflicts, e. g. if multiple Haskell projects use different versions of a package.

To initialize a sandbox for a Haskell package go to its directory and run:

cabal sandbox init

Now packages can be installed by simply running cabal install.

Listing packages in a sandbox:

cabal sandbox hc-pkg list

Deleting a sandbox:

cabal sandbox delete

Add local dependency:

cabal sandbox add-source /path/to/dependency

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