can not install split due file missing time and failed to load interface after first time install minghc 7.10.2.-i386 about minghc HOT 11 CLOSED

I would strongly suggest trying out https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/ instead. None of the MinGHC developers still use this, we've all moved off to Stack.

It seems like you have got your package database into an inconsistent state, so uninstall/reinstall is the best approach if you do want to stick with MinGHC.

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It's true.

Perhaps this should be deprecated officially?

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i am still using split in ubuntu 12 and works well. i think that split is not deprecated,
you mean minghc deprecated, so that i have to change to use stack ?

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my intel compute stick only left less than 1GB hard disk, so i choose minghc, thank you for your advice, i will change to use stack.

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At the moment, stack setup then stack exec -- cabal install hlint is probably a much nicer experience than MinGHC, even if you don't want to "use stack", so yes, I'd be tempted to officially deprecate it (although not exactly sure what the looks like compared to the current front page, which is a reasonably forceful shove in the direction of Stack). Perhaps explicitly disclaim support and future enhancements? And go through the issue tracker closing them as won't fix, use stack (which I think probably reflects reality)? I'd be happy to write a blog post, summarising what we achieved, and announcing our joyous fade into oblivion. @3noch and @snoyberg, does that sound like a plan?

@LovelyYanki whether 1Gb is enough for Haskell is debatable - my MinGHC 7.10.2 install 32bit (which is about as small as you are going to get) takes 1.2Gb. Haskell is not known for its small binaries.

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@ndmitchell I switched jobs and now use Haskell on a Mac (not for work, though). For my part, I won't be contributing anything more to MinGHC, not to mention stack is far superior on Windows anyway.

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For the record, I normally just run stack install hlint.

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Indeed, I'm merely saying that even if you don't want to use the stack approach to sandboxes/stackage etc, you can still use cabal after stack setup, and you'll probably get a reasonable MinGHC-like experience. Of course, I'd encourage people to use the full stack tool as intended.

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@ndmitchell You have my full support on that :)

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Done, I'm just going through closing the tickets, including this one! We now advise people use Stack instead, MinGHC is no longer supported.

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