@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ X). If you're using Windows, you can install [Cygwin].
1414Installing GHC
1515--------------
1616
17−To compile Pandoc, you'll need [GHC] version 6.6 or greater. If you
18−don't have GHC already, you can get it from the [GHC Download] page. If
19−you're compiling GHC from source, be sure to get the `extralibs` in
20−addition to the base tarball.
17+To compile Pandoc, you'll need [GHC] version 6.6 or greater and [Cabal]
18+version 1.2 or greater. If you don't have GHC already, you can get it
19+from the [GHC Download] page. If you're compiling GHC from source, be
20+sure to get the `extralibs` in addition to the base tarball. GHC comes
21+with a version of Cabal. Note, however, that the version of Cabal that
22+comes with GHC 6.6 is not recent enough. So if you are using GHC 6.6,
23+you'll probably need to [install Cabal] separately. You can check your
24+Cabal version using `ghc-pkg list`.
2125
2226If you're running MacOS X, it may be more convenient to install GHC
2327using [MacPorts] or [Fink].
@@ -29,6 +33,8 @@ GHC and the required libraries using `apt-get`:
2933
3034[GHC]: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
3135[GHC Download]: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download.html
36+[Cabal]: http://www.haskell.org/cabal/
37+[install Cabal]: http://www.haskell.org/cabal/download.html
3238[MacPorts]: http://macports.org
3339[Fink]: http://finkproject.org
3440[Ubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com
@@ -101,8 +107,8 @@ Installing pandoc using Cabal
101107
102108Pandoc can also be installed using the standard Haskell packaging tool,
103109[Cabal](http://www.haskell.org/cabal/). You'll need GHC 6.6 or greater
104−(see [Installing GHC](#installing-ghc), above). Just download the source
105−tarball, unpack, and type:
110+and Cabal 1.2 or greater (see [Installing GHC](#installing-ghc), above).
111+Just download the source tarball, unpack, and type:
106112
107113 runhaskell Setup.hs configure
108114 runhaskell Setup.hs build