[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://joey.kitenet.net/"
 nickname="joey"
 subject="comment 1"
 date="2012-04-22T05:39:28Z"
 content="""
git-annex needs ghc 7.4, that's why it depends on that base version that comes with it. So you either need to upgrade your ghc, or you can build from the `ghc7.0` branch in [[git|download]], like this:

<pre>
git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/ git-annex
cd git-annex
git checkout ghc7.0
cabal update
cabal install --only-dependencies
cabal configure
cabal build
cabal install --bindir=$HOME/bin
</pre>
"""]]
