Cabal install needs C library: Windows

Question

I am trying to cabal install yesod on my Windows machine. I have a relatively fresh install of the Haskell Platform. The cabal install failed, reporting that I need

Answer 1

So, facepalm. I didn't need the source, I didn't need the exe. I needed the dll.

Under the "precompiled binaries for Windows" section of the website mentioned in my question, I downloaded and extracted the zip file with sqlite3.def and sqlite.dll. Then I used

cabal install persistent --extra-lib-dirs=C:\Path\To\DllAndDef

The installation appears to have completed successfully. Afterwards, I did a cabal install yesod, which also appears to have completed successfully.

I suppose if I had put the dll somewhere magical, then I wouldn't have had to use the --extra-lib-dirs= option.