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Reputation: 41

ghc.exe could not execute ld.exe while installing zlib

Im using

While trying to install zlib via

cabal install zlib

I get:

Building library for zlib-0.6.2.2..
[1 of 5] Compiling Codec.Compression.Zlib.Stream ( dist\build\Codec\Compression\Zlib\Stream.hs, dist\build\Codec\Compression\Zlib\Stream.o )
ghc.exe: could not execute: C:/GitLabRunner/builds/2WeHDSFP/0/ghc/ghc/inplace/mingw/bin/ld.exe

Upvotes: 4

Views: 538

Answers (1)

sclv
sclv

Reputation: 38891

As the comments discuss, that version of ghc is known broken on windows. (cf https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/18550). I suggest upgrading to ghc 8.10.5

Upvotes: 1

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