Cannot install Shake on Linux Mint: "permission denied" when building clock-0.8.3

[alexeymuranov]

I tried to follow the official instructions: installed Haskell Stack using GHCup and ran

$ stack install shake

I've got:

Writing implicit global project config file to: /home/alexey/.stack/global-project/stack.yaml
Note: You can change the snapshot via the resolver field there.
Using latest snapshot resolver: lts-20.5
Preparing to install GHC (tinfo6) to an isolated location.
This will not interfere with any system-level installation.
Downloaded ghc-tinfo6-9.2.5.                                      
Unpacking GHC into /home/alexey/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-tinfo6-9.2.5.te                                                                                Installed GHC.     
[1 of 2] Compiling Main             ( /home/alexey/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-mPHDZzAJ.hs, /home/alexey/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-mPHDZzAJ.o )
[2 of 2] Compiling StackSetupShim   ( /home/alexey/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-shim-mPHDZzAJ.hs, /home/alexey/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-shim-mPHDZzAJ.o )
Linking /home/alexey/.stack/setup-exe-cache/x86_64-linux-tinfo6/tmp-Cabal-simple_mPHDZzAJ_3.6.3.0_ghc-9.2.5 ...
clock               > configure
clock               > Configuring clock-0.8.3...
clock               > build
hashable            > configure
clock               > Preprocessing library for clock-0.8.3..
clock               > hsc2hs: .stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux-tinfo6/Cabal-3.6.3.0/build/System/Clock_hsc_make: createProcess: posix_spawnp: permission denied (Permission denied)
hashable            > Configuring hashable-1.4.1.0...
hashable            > build               
heaps               > configure           
hashable            > Preprocessing library for hashable-1.4.1.0..
hashable            > Building library for hashable-1.4.1.0..
hashable            > [1 of 7] Compiling Data.Hashable.Imports
hashable            > [2 of 7] Compiling Data.Hashable.LowLevel
heaps               > Configuring heaps-0.4...
heaps               > build               
js-dgtable          > configure           
js-dgtable          > Warning: js-dgtable.cabal:1:28: Packages with 'cabal-version: 1.12' or later
js-dgtable          > should specify a specific version of the Cabal spec of the form
js-dgtable          > 'cabal-version: x.y'. Use 'cabal-version: 1.18'.
heaps               > Preprocessing library for heaps-0.4..
heaps               > Building library for heaps-0.4..
hashable            > [3 of 7] Compiling Data.Hashable.Class
heaps               > [1 of 1] Compiling Data.Heap
js-dgtable          > Configuring js-dgtable-0.5.2...
js-dgtable          > build               
heaps               >                     
heaps               > /tmp/stack-1504080d24b55cc4/heaps-0.4/src/Data/Heap.hs:377:5: warning: [-Wincomplete-uni-patterns]
heaps               >     Pattern match(es) are non-exhaustive
heaps               >     In a pattern binding:
heaps               >         Patterns of type ‘(Forest a, Forest a)’ not matched:
heaps               >             ((_ Cons _), Nil)
heaps               >             (Nil, Nil)
heaps               >     |               
heaps               > 377 |     (left, Node r' a' as' `Cons` right) = minZ leq as
heaps               >     |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
js-dgtable          > Preprocessing library for js-dgtable-0.5.2..
js-dgtable          > Building library for js-dgtable-0.5.2..
js-dgtable          > [1 of 2] Compiling Paths_js_dgtable
js-dgtable          > [2 of 2] Compiling Language.Javascript.DGTable
js-dgtable          > copy/register       
js-dgtable          > Installing library in /home/alexey/.stack/snapshots/x86_64-linux-tinfo6/786073484a56239bc9f1a2cab4d54c6014acd82f607094306bfaca32890c5033/9.2.5/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-9.2.5/js-dgtable-0.5.2-9QcYNIrannTBnclkJddG4d
js-dgtable          > Registering library for js-dgtable-0.5.2..
hashable            > [4 of 7] Compiling Data.Hashable.Lifted
hashable            > [5 of 7] Compiling Data.Hashable.Generic.Instances
hashable            >         
hashable            > /tmp/stack-1504080d24b55cc4/hashable-1.4.1.0/src/Data/Hashable/Generic/Instances.hs:5:14: warning: [-Wtrustworthy-safe]
hashable            >     ‘Data.Hashable.Generic.Instances’ is marked as Trustworthy but has been inferred as safe!
hashable            >   |     
hashable            > 5 | {-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-}
hashable            >   |              ^^^^^^^^^^^
hashable            > [6 of 7] Compiling Data.Hashable.Generic
hashable            > [7 of 7] Compiling Data.Hashable
hashable            > copy/register
hashable            > Installing library in /home/alexey/.stack/snapshots/x86_64-linux-tinfo6/786073484a56239bc9f1a2cab4d54c6014acd82f607094306bfaca32890c5033/9.2.5/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-9.2.5/hashable-1.4.1.0-4i79aOgyDbOCCPiYvoBLFh
hashable            > Registering library for hashable-1.4.1.0..
heaps               > copy/register
heaps               > Installing library in /home/alexey/.stack/snapshots/x86_64-linux-tinfo6/786073484a56239bc9f1a2cab4d54c6014acd82f607094306bfaca32890c5033/9.2.5/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-9.2.5/heaps-0.4-J5nVwdmAeD25PK8wgPMkwt
heaps               > Registering library for heaps-0.4..
Progress 4/14       

--  While building package clock-0.8.3 (scroll up to its section to see the error) using:
      /home/alexey/.stack/setup-exe-cache/x86_64-linux-tinfo6/Cabal-simple_mPHDZzAJ_3.6.3.0_ghc-9.2.5 --verbose=1 --builddir=.stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux-tinfo6/Cabal-3.6.3.0 build --ghc-options " -fdiagnostics-color=always"
    Process exited with code: ExitFailure 1

Googling around did not help.

Removing ~/.cabal, ~/.stack, and ~/.ghcup and trying again from scratch did not help either.

[ndmitchell]

Do you have hsc2hs installed? I think it comes with ghc, and should be automatically invoked with stack, but above I see:

clock > hsc2hs: .stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux-tinfo6/Cabal-3.6.3.0/build/System/Clock_hsc_make: createProcess: posix_spawnp: permission denied (Permission denied)

Any idea what is denying permission? Do you have jails or an antivirus installed?

[alexeymuranov]

I since reinstalled Stack with sudo apt install haskell-stack, but it didn't help.

Yes, i have hsc2hs:

$ which hsc2hs
/usr/bin/hsc2hs

I do not know what is denying permissions and i never installed any antivirus on Linux.

The problem comes from clock package. I submitted a bug report here: corsis/clock#83.

[ndmitchell]

The problem appears when compiling clock, but I actually think it's clock, so much as Stack/Cabal, so that might be the right place to report this.