cabal-install

The command-line interface for Cabal and Hackage.

http://www.haskell.org/cabal/

Version on this page:	3.14.1.1@rev:2
LTS Haskell 24.4:	3.12.1.0@rev:2
Stackage Nightly 2025-08-16:	3.14.1.1@rev:2
Latest on Hackage:	3.16.0.0

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BSD-3-Clause licensed by Cabal Development Team (see AUTHORS file)

Maintained by Cabal Development Team

This version can be pinned in stack with:cabal-install-3.14.1.1@sha256:bfc2080e8fe4f77fbfe9370ccdbab47785811ae9694d381668593e285f805376,15942

Module documentation for 3.14.1.1

Distribution
- Distribution.Client
  - Distribution.Client.BuildReports
    - Distribution.Client.BuildReports.Anonymous
    - Distribution.Client.BuildReports.Lens
    - Distribution.Client.BuildReports.Storage
    - Distribution.Client.BuildReports.Types
    - Distribution.Client.BuildReports.Upload
  - Distribution.Client.Check
  - Distribution.Client.CmdBench
  - Distribution.Client.CmdBuild
  - Distribution.Client.CmdClean
  - Distribution.Client.CmdConfigure
  - Distribution.Client.CmdErrorMessages
  - Distribution.Client.CmdExec
  - Distribution.Client.CmdFreeze
  - Distribution.Client.CmdHaddock
  - Distribution.Client.CmdHaddockProject
  - Distribution.Client.CmdInstall
    - Distribution.Client.CmdInstall.ClientInstallFlags
    - Distribution.Client.CmdInstall.ClientInstallTargetSelector
  - Distribution.Client.CmdLegacy
  - Distribution.Client.CmdListBin
  - Distribution.Client.CmdOutdated
  - Distribution.Client.CmdPath
  - Distribution.Client.CmdRepl
  - Distribution.Client.CmdRun
  - Distribution.Client.CmdSdist
  - Distribution.Client.CmdTest
  - Distribution.Client.CmdUpdate
  - Distribution.Client.Compat
    - Distribution.Client.Compat.Directory
    - Distribution.Client.Compat.ExecutablePath
    - Distribution.Client.Compat.Orphans
    - Distribution.Client.Compat.Prelude
    - Distribution.Client.Compat.Semaphore
    - Distribution.Client.Compat.Tar
  - Distribution.Client.Config
  - Distribution.Client.Configure
  - Distribution.Client.Dependency
    - Distribution.Client.Dependency.Types
  - Distribution.Client.DistDirLayout
  - Distribution.Client.Errors
  - Distribution.Client.Fetch
  - Distribution.Client.FetchUtils
  - Distribution.Client.FileMonitor
  - Distribution.Client.Freeze
  - Distribution.Client.GZipUtils
  - Distribution.Client.GenBounds
  - Distribution.Client.Get
  - Distribution.Client.Glob
  - Distribution.Client.GlobalFlags
  - Distribution.Client.Haddock
  - Distribution.Client.HashValue
  - Distribution.Client.HttpUtils
  - Distribution.Client.IndexUtils
    - Distribution.Client.IndexUtils.ActiveRepos
    - Distribution.Client.IndexUtils.IndexState
    - Distribution.Client.IndexUtils.Timestamp
  - Distribution.Client.Init
    - Distribution.Client.Init.Defaults
    - Distribution.Client.Init.FileCreators
    - Distribution.Client.Init.FlagExtractors
    - Distribution.Client.Init.Format
    - Distribution.Client.Init.Interactive
      - Distribution.Client.Init.Interactive.Command
    - Distribution.Client.Init.Licenses
    - Distribution.Client.Init.NonInteractive
      - Distribution.Client.Init.NonInteractive.Command
      - Distribution.Client.Init.NonInteractive.Heuristics
    - Distribution.Client.Init.Prompt
    - Distribution.Client.Init.Simple
    - Distribution.Client.Init.Types
    - Distribution.Client.Init.Utils
  - Distribution.Client.Install
  - Distribution.Client.InstallPlan
  - Distribution.Client.InstallSymlink
  - Distribution.Client.JobControl
  - Distribution.Client.List
  - Distribution.Client.Main
  - Distribution.Client.Manpage
  - Distribution.Client.ManpageFlags
  - Distribution.Client.Nix
  - Distribution.Client.NixStyleOptions
  - Distribution.Client.PackageHash
  - Distribution.Client.ParseUtils
  - Distribution.Client.ProjectBuilding
    - Distribution.Client.ProjectBuilding.PackageFileMonitor
    - Distribution.Client.ProjectBuilding.Types
    - Distribution.Client.ProjectBuilding.UnpackedPackage
  - Distribution.Client.ProjectConfig
    - Distribution.Client.ProjectConfig.Legacy
    - Distribution.Client.ProjectConfig.Types
  - Distribution.Client.ProjectFlags
  - Distribution.Client.ProjectOrchestration
  - Distribution.Client.ProjectPlanOutput
  - Distribution.Client.ProjectPlanning
    - Distribution.Client.ProjectPlanning.SetupPolicy
    - Distribution.Client.ProjectPlanning.Types
  - Distribution.Client.RebuildMonad
  - Distribution.Client.Reconfigure
  - Distribution.Client.ReplFlags
  - Distribution.Client.Run
  - Distribution.Client.Sandbox
    - Distribution.Client.Sandbox.PackageEnvironment
  - Distribution.Client.SavedFlags
  - Distribution.Client.ScriptUtils
  - Distribution.Client.Security
    - Distribution.Client.Security.DNS
    - Distribution.Client.Security.HTTP
  - Distribution.Client.Setup
  - Distribution.Client.SetupWrapper
  - Distribution.Client.Signal
  - Distribution.Client.SolverInstallPlan
  - Distribution.Client.SourceFiles
  - Distribution.Client.SrcDist
  - Distribution.Client.Store
  - Distribution.Client.Tar
  - Distribution.Client.TargetProblem
  - Distribution.Client.TargetSelector
  - Distribution.Client.Targets
  - Distribution.Client.Types
    - Distribution.Client.Types.AllowNewer
    - Distribution.Client.Types.BuildResults
    - Distribution.Client.Types.ConfiguredId
    - Distribution.Client.Types.ConfiguredPackage
    - Distribution.Client.Types.Credentials
    - Distribution.Client.Types.InstallMethod
    - Distribution.Client.Types.OverwritePolicy
    - Distribution.Client.Types.PackageLocation
    - Distribution.Client.Types.PackageSpecifier
    - Distribution.Client.Types.ReadyPackage
    - Distribution.Client.Types.Repo
    - Distribution.Client.Types.RepoName
    - Distribution.Client.Types.SourcePackageDb
    - Distribution.Client.Types.SourceRepo
    - Distribution.Client.Types.WriteGhcEnvironmentFilesPolicy
  - Distribution.Client.Upload
  - Distribution.Client.Utils
    - Distribution.Client.Utils.Json
    - Distribution.Client.Utils.Parsec
  - Distribution.Client.VCS
  - Distribution.Client.Version
  - Distribution.Client.Win32SelfUpgrade
- Distribution.Deprecated
  - Distribution.Deprecated.ParseUtils
  - Distribution.Deprecated.ReadP
  - Distribution.Deprecated.ViewAsFieldDescr

Depends on 37 packages(full list with versions):

async, base16-bytestring, cabal-install, cabal-install-solver, cryptohash-sha256, echo, edit-distance, HTTP

Used by 1 package in nightly-2025-08-16(full list with versions):

cabal-install

The cabal-install package

See the Cabal web site for more information.

The cabal-install package provides a command line tool named cabal. It uses the Cabal library and provides a user interface to the Cabal/Hackage build automation and package management system. It can build and install both local and remote packages, including dependencies.