Resolving dependencies... Error: cabal: Could not resolve dependencies: [__0] trying: language-puppet-1.5.1 (user goal) [__1] next goal: hruby (dependency of language-puppet) [__1] rejecting: hruby-0.5.1.0 (conflict: pkg-config package ruby-any, not found in the pkg-config database) [__1] rejecting: hruby-0.5.0.0 (conflict: language-puppet => hruby>=0.5.1 && <0.6) [__1] skipping: hruby-0.4.0.0, hruby-0.3.8.1, hruby-0.3.8, hruby-0.3.7, hruby-0.3.6, hruby-0.3.5.4, hruby-0.3.5.3, hruby-0.3.5.1, hruby-0.3.5, hruby-0.3.4.4, hruby-0.3.4.3, hruby-0.3.4.2, hruby-0.3.4.1, hruby-0.3.4, hruby-0.3.3, hruby-0.3.2, hruby-0.3.1.6, hruby-0.3.1.5, hruby-0.3.1.4, hruby-0.3.1.3, hruby-0.3.1.2, hruby-0.3.1.1, hruby-0.3.1, hruby-0.3.0, hruby-0.2.9, hruby-0.2.8, hruby-0.2.7, hruby-0.2.6, hruby-0.2.5, hruby-0.2.4, hruby-0.2.3, hruby-0.2.0, hruby-0.1.3, hruby-0.1.2, hruby-0.1.1, hruby-0.1.0, hruby-0.0.3 (has the same characteristics that caused the previous version to fail: excluded by constraint '>=0.5.1 && <0.6' from 'language-puppet') [__1] fail (backjumping, conflict set: hruby, language-puppet) After searching the rest of the dependency tree exhaustively, these were the goals I've had most trouble fulfilling: language-puppet, hruby