cabal-bin-inst.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Attempts to build a cabal binary package and symlink it in ~/.cabal/bin/
# Don't do this for binaries that rely on other assets! (such as pandoc)
# USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

set -e 
ws="[^a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]"
if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]
then
    echo "Usage $0 (packagename)"
    exit 1
elif [[ "$1" =~ $ws ]]
then
    echo "$0: packagename should only contain alphanumerics, '-' or '.'"
    exit 2
fi

mkdir $1
cd $1
cabal sandbox init
cabal install $1
ln -s "$(pwd)/.cabal-sandbox/bin/$1" ~/.cabal/bin/
cd ..