Cabal is a system for building and packaging Haskell libraries and programs.
It defines a common interface for package authors and distributors to easily build their applications in a portable way. Cabal is part of a larger infrastructure for distributing, organizing, and cataloging Haskell libraries and programs.
The term cabal can refer to either: cabal-the-spec (.cabal files), cabal-the-library (code that understands .cabal files), or cabal-the-tool (the cabal-install package which provides the cabal executable); usually folks are referring to cabal-the-tool when they say cabal.
This is free and open source software.
Website: www.haskell.org/cabal
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Cabal Development Team
License: BSD License
Cabal is written in Haskell. Learn Haskell with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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