zlib build error with GHC

Question

I\'m using a VM with the following configuration:

• Arch Linux (3.0-ARCH kernel)
• GHC 7.0.3
• cabal-install 0.10.2
• Cabal library 1.10.1.0

Answer 1

The most likely reason is that the zlib C library headers are missing on your machine. You might instead try to use the Arch Linux "Haskell Platform" or haskell-zlib packages, which resolve C dependencies for you.