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cabal: cannot configure random-1.0.1.3. It requires base >=5 && <5

I am trying to install pandoc on CentOS 6.5.

$ ghc -V; cabal -V
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.8.2
cabal-install version 0.10.2
using version 1.10.2.0 of the Cabal library

I run:

cabal update
cabal install pandoc

and I get:

cabal: cannot configure random-1.0.1.3. It requires base >=5 && <5
There is no available version of base that satisfies >=5 && <5

I can't find a way around this.

Solution

  • Install a newer version of cabal-install, the one you're using is rather old and has a rather weak dependency solver.