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When a non-Haskell library is required but either isn't installed or is installed to a weird path, you will see the following error:

    Configuring cryptonite-openssl-0.6...
    Cabal-simple_mPHDZzAJ_1.24.2.0_ghc-8.0.2: Missing dependency on a foreign
    library:
    * Missing C library: crypto
    This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that
    provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library is
    already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the flags
    --extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where it is.

Here we compile the list of libraries and corresponding distro packages so that you would know what package you need to install to get a particular library.

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Missing C library: crypto
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  • Ubuntu: apt install libssl-dev

  • Fedora: dnf install openssl-devel

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Missing C library: rocksdb
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  • Ubuntu: apt install librocksdb-dev

  • Arch: install rocksdb from AUR (you should also install jemalloc first because RocksDB is more stable when compiled with jemalloc)

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Missing C libraries: eay32, ssl32
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This one usually appears on Windows. The solution is to install OpenSSL (here's an installer for Windows) and point GHC to it: --extra-include-dirs=/c/OpenSSL-Win64/include --extra-lib-dirs=/c/OpenSSL-Win64.

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Missing C library: z
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  • Fedora: dnf install zlib-devel
  • Ubuntu: apt install zlib1g-dev
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Missing C library: stdc++
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  • Fedora: dnf install gcc-c++

  • Alpine: apk add g++

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Missing C library: lzma
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  • Fedora: dnf install xz xz-devel (yes, not lzma-devel)

  • Ubuntu: apt install liblzma-dev

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configure: error: curses library not found, so this package cannot be built
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  • Fedora: dnf install ncurses-devel
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Missing C library: uuid
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  • Ubuntu: apt install uuid-dev
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Missing C library: pq
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  • Ubuntu: apt install libpq-dev
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Missing C libraries: icuuc, icui18n, icudata
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  • Ubuntu: apt install libicu-dev

  • macOS: brew install icu4c. Then, if you're using Stack, add to your ~/.stack/config.yaml:

    extra-include-dirs:
- /usr/local/opt/icu4c/include

extra-lib-dirs:
- /usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib
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"setup: Can't find OpenSSL library" or "Missing (or bad) header file: openssl/evp.h"
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  • macOS: brew install openssl. Then, if you're using Stack, add to your ~/.stack/config.yaml:

    extra-include-dirs:
- /usr/local/opt/openssl/include

extra-lib-dirs:
- /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib
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