Gtools — Cabal Download |best|

In the Haskell ecosystem, cabal is the de facto build tool and package manager. But when you need to peek under the hood—audit source code, patch a dependency, or set up an offline mirror—the standard cabal fetch or cabal get often falls short. Enter , a powerful subcommand from the gtools suite (a collection of Haskell-oriented utilities) that redefines what it means to download Cabal packages.

gtools cabal download --help

However, if you actually meant but want to install it via Cabal (which is impossible—Cabal is for Haskell), you’re likely on the wrong track. But if you’re a Haskell user needing gtools , read on. gtools cabal download

The maintainers have hinted at: