Resolving dependencies... Error: cabal: Could not resolve dependencies: [__0] trying: network-protocol-xmpp-0.5.1 (user goal) [__1] trying: transformers-0.6.1.0/installed-0.6.1.0 (dependency of network-protocol-xmpp) [__2] next goal: gsasl (dependency of network-protocol-xmpp) [__2] rejecting: gsasl-0.4.0, gsasl-0.3.7, gsasl-0.3.6 (conflict: pkg-config package libgsasl>=1.1, not found in the pkg-config database) [__2] rejecting: gsasl-0.3.5, gsasl-0.3.4 (conflict: transformers => base==4.18.1.0/installed-4.18.1.0, gsasl => base>=4.0 && <4.8) [__2] rejecting: gsasl-0.3.3 (conflict: transformers==0.6.1.0/installed-0.6.1.0, gsasl => transformers>=0.2 && <0.3) [__2] skipping: gsasl-0.3.2, gsasl-0.3.1, gsasl-0.3 (has the same characteristics that caused the previous version to fail: excludes 'transformers' version 0.6.1.0) [__2] rejecting: gsasl-0.2 (conflict: network-protocol-xmpp => gsasl>=0.3 && <0.6) [__2] skipping: gsasl-0.1 (has the same characteristics that caused the previous version to fail: excluded by constraint '>=0.3 && <0.6' from 'network-protocol-xmpp') [__2] fail (backjumping, conflict set: gsasl, network-protocol-xmpp, transformers) After searching the rest of the dependency tree exhaustively, these were the goals I've had most trouble fulfilling: base, gsasl, network-protocol-xmpp, transformers Try running with --minimize-conflict-set to improve the error message.