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229 lines
6.3 KiB
Groff
.TH ghc-pkg 1 "2010-01-27"
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.SH NAME
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ghc-pkg \- GHC Haskell Cabal package manager
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B ghc-pkg
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.I action
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.RI [ OPTION ]...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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A package is a library of Haskell modules known to the compiler. The
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.B ghc-pkg
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tool allows adding or removing them from a package database. By
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default, the system-wide package database is modified, but
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alternatively the user's local package database or another specified
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file can be used.
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.PP
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To make a package available for
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.BR ghc ,
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.B ghc-pkg
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can be used to register it. Unregistering it removes it from the
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database. Also, packages can be hidden, to make
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.B ghc
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ignore the package by default, without uninstalling it. Exposing a
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package makes a hidden package available. Additionally,
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.B ghc-pkg
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has various commands to query the package database.
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.PP
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Where a package name is required, the package can be named in full
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including the version number (e.g.
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.BR network-1.0 ),
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or without the version number. Naming a package without the version
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number matches all versions of the package; the specified action will
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be applied to all the matching packages. A package specifier that
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matches all version of the package can also be written
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.BR pkg-* ,
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to make it clearer that multiple packages are being matched.
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.SH ACTIONS
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.TP
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\fBregister\fP \fIfilename\fP|\fB-\fP
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Register the package using the specified installed package
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description.
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.TP
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\fBupdate\fP \fIfilename\fP|\fB-\fP
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Register the package, overwriting any other package with the same
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name.
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.TP
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\fBunregister\fP \fIpkg-id\fP
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Unregister the specified package.
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.TP
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\fBexpose\fP \fIpkg-id\fP
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Expose the specified package.
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.TP
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\fBhide\fP \fIpkg-id\fP
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Hide the specified package
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.TP
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\fBlist\fP \fR[\fIpkg\fR]...\fP
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List registered packages in the global database, and also the user
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database if
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.B --user
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is given. If a package name is given all the registered versions will
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be listed in ascending order. Accepts the
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.B --simple-output
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flag.
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.TP
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.B dot
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Generate a graph of the package dependencies in a form suitable for
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input for the graphviz tools. For example, to generate a PDF of the
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dependency graph:
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.br
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\fB dot \| tred \| dot -Tpdf >pkgs.pdf\fP
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.TP
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\fBfind-module\fP \fImodule\fP
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List registered packages exposing module
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.I module
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in the global database, and also the user database if
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.B --user
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is given. All the registered versions will be listed in ascending
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order. Accepts the
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.B --simple-output
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flag.
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.TP
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\fBlatest\fP \fIpkg-id\fP
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Prints the highest registered version of a package.
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.TP
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.B check
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Check the consistency of package dependencies and list broken
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packages. Accepts the
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.B --simple-output
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flag.
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.TP
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\fBdescribe\fP \fIpkg\fP
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Give the registered description for the
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specified package. The description is returned in precisely the syntax
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required by ghc-pkg register.
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.TP
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\fBfield\fP \fIpkg field\fP
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Extract the specified field of the package description for the
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specified package. Accepts comma-separated multiple fields.
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.TP
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.B dump
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Dump the registered description for every package. This is like
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.BR ghc-pkg\ describe\ '*' ,
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expect that it is intended to be used by tools that parse the results,
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rather than humans.
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.TP
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.B recache
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Regenerate the package database cache. This command should only be
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necessary if you added a package to the database by dropping a file
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into the database directory manyally. By default, the global DB is
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recached; to recache a different DB use
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.B --user
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or
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.B --package-conf
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as appropriate.
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.SH OPTIONS
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When asked to modify a database
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.RB ( register ,\ unregister ,\ update ,\ hide ,\ expose ,\ and\ also\ check ),
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.B ghc-pkg
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modifies the global database by
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default. Specifying
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.B --user
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causes it to act on the user database,
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or
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.B --package-conf
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can be used to act on another database
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entirely. When multiple of these options are given, the rightmost
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one is used as the database to act upon.
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.PP
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Commands that query the package database
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.RB ( list ,\ latest ,\ describe ,\ field )
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operate on the list of databases specified by the flags
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.BR --user ,\ --global ,
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and
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.BR --package-conf .
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If none of these flags are
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given, the default is
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.BR --global\ --user .
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.TP
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.B --user
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Use the current user's package database.
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.TP
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.B --global
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Use the global package database.
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.TP
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\fB-f\fP \fIFILE\fP, \fB--package-conf=\fIFILE\fP
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Use the specified package config file.
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.TP
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.BI --global-conf= FILE
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Location of the global package config.
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.TP
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.B --force
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Ignore missing dependencies, directories, and libraries.
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.TP
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.B --force-files
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Ignore missing directories and libraries only.
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.TP
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.BR -g ,\ --auto-ghc-libs
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Automatically build libs for GHCi (with register).
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.TP
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.BR -? ,\ --help
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Display a help message and exit.
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.TP
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.BR -V ,\ --version
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Output version information and exit.
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.TP
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.B --simple-output
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Print output in easy-to-parse format for some commands.
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.TP
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.B --names-only
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Only print package names, not versions; can only be used with
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.BR list\ --simple-output .
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.TP
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.B --ignore-case
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Ignore case for substring matching.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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.TP
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.B GHC_PACKAGE_PATH
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The
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.B GHC_PACKAGE_PATH
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environment variable may be set to a
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.BR : -separated
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list of files containing package databases. This list of package
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databases is used by
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.B ghc
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and
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.BR ghc-pkg ,
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with earlier databases in the list overriding later ones. This order
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was chosen to match the behaviour of the
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.B PATH
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environment variable; think of it as a list of package databases that
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are searched left-to-right for packages.
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If
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.B GHC_PACKAGE_PATH
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ends in a separator, then the default user and system package
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databases are appended, in that order. e.g. to augment the usual set
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of packages with a database of your own, you could say:
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\fB export GHC_PACKAGE_PATH=$HOME/.my-ghc-packages.conf:\fP
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.br
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To check whether your
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.B GHC_PACKAGE_PATH
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setting is doing the right thing,
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.B ghc-pkg list
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will list all the databases in use, in the reverse order they are
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searched.
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.SH FILES
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Both of these locations are changed for Debian. Upstream still keeps
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these under
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.IR /usr .
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Some programs may refer to that, but look in
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.I /var
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instead.
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.TP
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.I /var/lib/ghc/package.conf
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Global package.conf file.
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.TP
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.I /var/lib/ghc/package.conf.d/
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Directory for library specific package.conf files. These are added to
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the global registry.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR ghc (1),
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.BR runghc (1),
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.BR hugs (1).
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.SH AUTHOR
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This manual page was written by Kari Pahula <kaol@debian.org>, for the
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Debian project (and may be used by others).
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