cabal-install
brew install cabal-installCommand-line interface for Cabal and Hackage
https://www.haskell.org/cabal/
License: BSD-3-Clause
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/cabal-install.json
Formula code: cabal-install.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 3.18.2.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| gmp | 6.3.0 | GNU multiple precision arithmetic library |
Depends on when building from source:
| ghc | 9.14.1 | Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System |
Uses from macOS: libffi
Binaries:
cabal
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 10,133 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 304,077 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 4,818 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 2.1× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-06T20:50:26Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-06. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 4,815 | 9,075 | 22,704 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Installs on Request | 692 | 1,381 | 3,938 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Build Errors | 164 | ||
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 5 |