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Can't install xmonad
Posted: 3. Oct 2022, 17:53
by Mars
Hi all!
I am unable to install xmonad for some reason. It tells me that haskell-X11 depends on haskell. Makes sense, but there is no haskell package? I thought I'd install ghc, maybe that would fulfill the haskell dependency, but no
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slapt-get]$ doas slapt-get -i ghc xmonad
Reading Package Lists...Done
Excluding xmonad, use --ignore-dep to override
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
haskell-X11: Depends: haskell
The following packages have been EXCLUDED:
xmonad
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ghc
0 upgraded, 0 reinstalled, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove, 1 not upgraded.
Tried to install the list of packages from the Slackware docs but not everything exists. Probably because it is outdated.
Any tips on how to install Xmonad?
(and as a bonus question: any tips on using xmonad as an xfwm4 replacement in XFCE ? (currently i3 is used as replacement, but I like xmonad better).
Thanx!
Mars
Re: Can't install xmonad
Posted: 3. Oct 2022, 18:27
by SsamirR
try to install required dependencies first :
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sudo slapt-get --show xmonad | grep "Package Required:" | tr ',' '\n' | while read -r package ; do sudo slapt-get -i "$package" -y ; done
Re: Can't install xmonad
Posted: 3. Oct 2022, 18:39
by Mars
Thank you. Unfortunately one of the packages it wants to install from the "Package Required" list, is 'haskell'. That is not an existing package.
SsamirR wrote: ↑3. Oct 2022, 18:27
try to install required dependencies first :
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sudo slapt-get --show xmonad | grep "Package Required:" | tr ',' '\n' | while read -r package ; do sudo slapt-get -i "$package" -y ; done
Re: Can't install xmonad
Posted: 3. Oct 2022, 19:08
by DidierSpaier
It looks like an issue with the dependency list. As a workaround I tried this, which worked:
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slapt-get -i ghc
slapt-get -i haskell-X11
slapt-src -i xmonad
Re: Can't install xmonad
Posted: 3. Oct 2022, 21:32
by Mars
Hmm. It doesn't work for me unfortunately. Installing ghc is not a problem. But when slapt-getting haskell-X11 it tells me it depends on the non-existent haskell package.
If I try to build with slapt-src, (either haskell-X11 or xmonad), I get the message that it was unable to find all specified slackbuilds (I did update the slackbuilds list), which would be the haskell package, I assume.
DidierSpaier wrote: ↑3. Oct 2022, 19:08
It looks like an issue with the dependency list. As a workaround I tried this, which worked:
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slapt-get -i ghc
slapt-get -i haskell-X11
slapt-src -i xmonad
Re: Can't install xmonad
Posted: 3. Oct 2022, 21:55
by Mars
Thanx everybody! I got it installed.
I installed all dependencies that were able to install, and then I just installed haskell-X11 and xmonad with the --no-dep option.
As I thought, ghc was enough to be able to run xmonad.
Re: Can't install xmonad
Posted: 13. Oct 2022, 11:53
by mimosa
I'm glad you got it to work!
In the end I came to the conclusion that it's better to just use Haskell-platform (the kitchen sink). But nowadays they do it like this:
https://www.haskell.org/downloads/
I used Xmonad as my main WM for many years; now I use ratpoison (there even used to be a Salix Ratpoison edition!)
Re: Can't install xmonad
Posted: 17. Oct 2022, 06:50
by gapan
Hmmm... I have no idea where that "haskell" dependency came from. And I can see it's there in most haskell related packages. I have now removed it, so it should be no issue anymore. Thanks!