Bug#1119338: ghc fails to install in fresh debootstraped chroot

Mattias Wadenstein maswan at accum.se
Wed Oct 29 13:33:10 GMT 2025


Package: ghc
Version: 9.6.6-4

I tried to install ghc for as build dep for testing some stuff in 
unstable, but it failed with:

Setting up ghc (9.6.6-4) ...
/usr/lib/ghc/bin/./ghc-9.6.6: error while loading shared libraries: libHShaskeline-0.8.2.1-ghc9.6.6.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/ghc to provide 
/usr/bin/haskell-compiler (haskell-compiler) in auto mode
/usr/lib/ghc/bin/./ghc-pkg-9.6.6: error while loading shared libraries: libHSghc-boot-9.6.6-ghc9.6.6.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package ghc (--configure):
  installed ghc package post-installation script subprocess returned error 
exit status 127


Steps to reproduce:

debootstrap sid sid
chroot sid
apt install ghc

Same issue applies of I debootstrap a trixie.

/Mattias Wadenstein



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