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Since the pandoc package in the repository is outdated, I would like to install it via cabal-install.

I ran cabal update, and then cabal install pandoc which fails with:

cabal: Couldn't read cabal file "pandoc/1.9.4.4/pandoc.cabal"

This might be relevant: 

cabal --version
cabal-install version 0.10.2
using version 1.10.1.0 of the Cabal library

my machine is running oneiric.

jottr
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Type echo $PATH and you'll probably see something that either (a) does not include $HOME/.cabal/bin or contains $HOME/.cabal/bin near the end.

Type export PATH=$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH, and then cabal install cabal-install. This will install the proper version of cabal, since the version in the ubuntu repositories is out-of-date. Then, you can cabal install pandoc just fine.

andrew
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  • Thank you for your reply. After replicated your recommended steps I now get the following error when running cabal install cabal-install: 
    
Main.hs:75:8:
    Could not find module `Distribution.Verbosity':
      There are files missing in the `Cabal-1.16.0.1' package,
      try running 'ghc-pkg check'.
      Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.```
    – jottr Oct 25 '12 at 14:14
  • When running ghc-pkg check I get a long list of broken packages. – jottr Oct 25 '12 at 14:19