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After a quick look the documentation is excellent: tells me clearly what it does, how, and why! A messaging system without user identifiers is something I had w

After a quick look the documentation is excellent: tells me clearly what it does, how, and why! A messaging system without user identifiers is something I had wondered about, why it hadn't been done as far as I knew.

AlbertoGP 3y ago
Ah well… tried to install the CLI client from source (https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/CLI.md https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/doc...), installed the Haskell compiler GHC v9, the Haskell package manager Cabal, `cabal update` went fine, no problem until `cabal install`: cabal: Could not resolve dependencies: [__0] next goal: aeson (user goal) [__0] rejecting: aeson-2.2.0.0, aeson-2.1.2.1, aeson-2.1.2.0, aeson-2.1.1.0, aeson-2.1.0.0 (constraint from user target requires ==2.0.3.0) [__0] trying: aeson-2.0.3.0 [__1] trying: base-4.15.1.0/installed-4.15.1.0 (dependency of aeson) [__2] next goal: android-support (user goal) [__2] rejecting: android-support-0.1.0.0 (conflict: base==4.15.1.0/installed-4.15.1.0, android-support => base^>=4.14.3.0) [__2] fail (backjumping, conflict set: android-support, base) After searching the rest of the dependency tree exhaustively, these were the goals I've had most trouble fulfilling: base, aeson, android-support “android-support”??? Dependency hell again. I have no idea what those things are.
- tome 3y ago
  The instructions say install GHC 8.10.7. https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/CLI.md#in-any-os https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/doc... I suggest running ghcup install ghc 8.10.7 ghcup set ghc 8.10.7 and trying again. I don't know what android-support is, but from the error message it looks like it doesn't work with GHC 9.x.
  - AlbertoGP 3y ago
    Thanks for the hints, I did read the instructions at the URL I mentioned, but had assumed that GHC 9 would be backwards compatible with GHC 8. I have no experience with Haskell.
    - tome 3y ago
      That's a reasonable assumption. It's a bit more complicated than being "backwards compatible". The android-support package needs to say explicitly that it is compatible with GHC 9.x, but it doesn't, so cabal refuses to try to build it.

AlbertoGP 3y ago

Ah well… tried to install the CLI client from source (https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/CLI.md https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/doc...), installed the Haskell compiler GHC v9, the Haskell package manager Cabal, `cabal update` went fine, no problem until `cabal install`: cabal: Could not resolve dependencies: [__0] next goal: aeson (user goal) [__0] rejecting: aeson-2.2.0.0, aeson-2.1.2.1, aeson-2.1.2.0, aeson-2.1.1.0, aeson-2.1.0.0 (constraint from user target requires ==2.0.3.0) [__0] trying: aeson-2.0.3.0 [__1] trying: base-4.15.1.0/installed-4.15.1.0 (dependency of aeson) [__2] next goal: android-support (user goal) [__2] rejecting: android-support-0.1.0.0 (conflict: base==4.15.1.0/installed-4.15.1.0, android-support => base^>=4.14.3.0) [__2] fail (backjumping, conflict set: android-support, base) After searching the rest of the dependency tree exhaustively, these were the goals I've had most trouble fulfilling: base, aeson, android-support “android-support”??? Dependency hell again. I have no idea what those things are.

tome 3y ago
The instructions say install GHC 8.10.7. https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/CLI.md#in-any-os https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/doc... I suggest running ghcup install ghc 8.10.7 ghcup set ghc 8.10.7 and trying again. I don't know what android-support is, but from the error message it looks like it doesn't work with GHC 9.x.
- AlbertoGP 3y ago
  Thanks for the hints, I did read the instructions at the URL I mentioned, but had assumed that GHC 9 would be backwards compatible with GHC 8. I have no experience with Haskell.
  - tome 3y ago
    That's a reasonable assumption. It's a bit more complicated than being "backwards compatible". The android-support package needs to say explicitly that it is compatible with GHC 9.x, but it doesn't, so cabal refuses to try to build it.