*nix installation instructions not working as written

[joshrmcdaniel]

The installation instructions for *nix (debian 12 specifically) did not work as written, constant issues with stack and dependency hell. I am also not familiar with Haskell; maybe a PEBKAC issue. I was able to finally compile from source and install it properly with ghcup though.

I ran the following (as root) to successfully compile and install.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE=1 sh
mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/adblock2privoxy
rsync -a ./adblock2privoxy* /usr/local/etc/adblock2privoxy
export PATH="/usr/bin:$PATH:/root/.ghcup/bin"
cd /usr/local/etc/adblock2privoxy/adblock2privoxy
cabal update
cabal install . --installdir /usr/local/bin --global

Using ghcup to install haskell instead of stack solved my issues of installation.

[lhw365]

Same problem here, thanks for pointing out ghcup works.

Haven't tried stack with --snapshot option

Error: [S-4804]
Stack failed to construct a build plan.

   While constructing the build plan, Stack encountered the following errors. The 'Stack configuration' refers to the set of package versions specified
   by the snapshot (after any dropped packages, or pruned GHC boot packages; if a boot package is replaced, Stack prunes all other such packages that
   depend on it) and any extra-deps:

   In the dependencies for adblock2privoxy-2.3.0:
     * MissingH must match >=1.6.0 && <1.7, but MissingH-1.4.3.0 is in the Stack configuration (latest matching version is 1.6.0.1).
     * containers must match >=0.6.7 && <0.7, but containers-0.6.5.1 is in the Stack configuration (latest matching version is 0.6.8).
     * directory must match >=1.3.8 && <1.4, but directory-1.3.6.0 is in the Stack configuration (latest matching version is 1.3.8.3).
     * filepath must match >=1.4.200 && <1.5, but filepath-1.4.2.1 is in the Stack configuration (latest matching version is 1.4.300.1).
     * mtl must match >=2.3.1 && <2.4, but mtl-2.2.2 is in the Stack configuration (latest matching version is 2.3.1).
     * network must match >=3.1.4 && <3.2, but network-3.1.1.1 is in the Stack configuration (latest matching version is 3.1.4.0).
     * parsec must match >=3.1.16 && <3.2, but parsec-3.1.14.0 is in the Stack configuration (latest matching version is 3.1.17.0).
     * strict must match >=0.5 && <0.6, but strict-0.4.0.1 is in the Stack configuration (latest matching version is 0.5).
     * text must match >=2.0.2 && <2.1, but text-1.2.4.1 is in the Stack configuration (latest matching version is 2.0.2).
     * time must match >=1.12.2 && <1.13, but time-1.9.3 is in the Stack configuration (latest matching version is 1.12.2).
   The above is/are needed since adblock2privoxy is a build target.

[joshrmcdaniel]

@lhw365 If you haven't done so already, the commands I provided resulted in a successful installation

The following dependencies are required prior to running (for debian 12): rsync, git, libffi8, libgmp-dev, libgmp10, libncurses-dev, libncurses5, libtinfo5, build-essential, libffi-dev, zlib1g-dev