README.md

   1 # Cabal
   2
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  11 This Cabal Git repository contains the following packages:
  12
  13  * [Cabal](Cabal/README.md): the Cabal library package ([license](Cabal/LICENSE))
  14  * [cabal-install](cabal-install/README.md): the package containing the `cabal` tool ([license](cabal-install/LICENSE))
  15
  16 The canonical upstream repository is located at
  17 https://github.com/haskell/cabal.
  18
  19 Installing cabal-install (by downloading the binary)
  20 ----------------------------------------------------
  21
  22 Prebuilt binary releases can be obtained from https://www.haskell.org/cabal/download.html.
  23 The `cabal-install` binary download for your platform should contain the `cabal` executable.
  24
  25 Installing cabal-install (preferred, with cabal-install)
  26 --------------------------------------------------------
  27
  28 Assuming that you have a pre-existing, recent version of `cabal-install`, run:
  29
  30 ~~~~
  31 cabal install cabal-install
  32 ~~~~
  33
  34 To get the latest version of `cabal-install`. (You may want to `cabal update` first.)
  35
  36 To install the latest version from the Git repository, clone the
  37 Git repository and then run:
  38
  39 ~~~~
  40 cabal install --project-file=cabal.project.release cabal-install
  41 ~~~~
  42
  43 Installing cabal-install without cabal-install
  44 ----------------------------------------------
  45
  46 Assuming you don't have a pre-existing copy of `cabal-install`,
  47 look into [`bootstrap`](bootstrap) directory.