/usr/bin/cabal

Command line interface to the Haskell Cabal infrastructure.

See http://www.haskell.org/cabal/ for more information.

Usage: cabal [GLOBAL FLAGS] [COMMAND [FLAGS]]

Commands:
 [global]
  user-config            Display and update the user's global cabal configuration.
  help                   Help about commands.

 [package database]
  update                 Updates list of known packages.
  list                   List packages matching a search string.
  info                   Display detailed information about a particular package.

 [initialization and download]
  init                   Create a new cabal package.
  fetch                  Downloads packages for later installation.
  get                    Download/Extract a package's source code (repository).

 [project configuration]
  configure              Add extra project configuration.
  freeze                 Freeze dependencies.
  gen-bounds             Generate dependency bounds for packages in the project.
  outdated               Check for outdated dependencies.
  path                   Query for simple project information.
  target                 Target a subset of all targets.

 [project building and installing]
  build                  Compile targets within the project.
  install                Install packages.
  haddock                Build Haddock documentation.
  haddock-project        Generate Haddocks HTML documentation for the cabal project.
  clean                  Clean the package store and remove temporary files.

 [running and testing]
  list-bin               List the path to a single executable.
  repl                   Open an interactive session for the given component.
  run                    Run an executable.
  bench                  Run benchmarks.
  test                   Run test-suites.
  exec                   Give a command access to the store.

 [sanity checks and shipping]
  check                  Check the package for common mistakes.
  sdist                  Generate a source distribution file (.tar.gz).
  upload                 Uploads source packages or documentation to Hackage.
  report                 Upload build reports to a remote server.

 [deprecated]
  unpack                 Deprecated alias for 'get'.
  hscolour               Generate HsColour colourised code, in HTML format.

 [new-style projects (forwards-compatible aliases)]
  v2-target              Target a subset of all targets.
  v2-build               Compile targets within the project.
  v2-configure           Add extra project configuration.
  v2-repl                Open an interactive session for the given component.
  v2-run                 Run an executable.
  v2-test                Run test-suites.
  v2-bench               Run benchmarks.
  v2-freeze              Freeze dependencies.
  v2-haddock             Build Haddock documentation.
  v2-exec                Give a command access to the store.
  v2-update              Updates list of known packages.
  v2-install             Install packages.
  v2-clean               Clean the package store and remove temporary files.
  v2-sdist               Generate a source distribution file (.tar.gz).

 [legacy command aliases]
  v1-build               Compile all/specific components.
  v1-configure           Prepare to build the package.
  v1-repl                Open an interpreter session for the given component.
  v1-run                 Builds and runs an executable.
  v1-test                Run all/specific tests in the test suite.
  v1-bench               Run all/specific benchmarks.
  v1-freeze              Freeze dependencies.
  v1-haddock             Generate Haddock HTML documentation.
  v1-install             Install packages.
  v1-clean               Clean up after a build.
  v1-copy                Copy the files of all/specific components to install locations.
  v1-register            Register this package with the compiler.
  v1-reconfigure         Reconfigure the package if necessary.

 [other]
  new-gen-bounds         Generate dependency bounds for packages in the project.
  v2-gen-bounds          Generate dependency bounds for packages in the project.
  new-outdated           Check for outdated dependencies.
  v2-outdated            Check for outdated dependencies.
  v1-gen-bounds          Generate dependency bounds.

For more information about a command use:
   cabal COMMAND --help
or cabal help COMMAND

To install Cabal packages from hackage use:
  cabal install foo [--dry-run]

Occasionally you need to update the list of available packages:
  cabal update

Global flags:
 -h, --help                     Show this help text
 -V, --version                  Print version information
 --numeric-version              Print just the version number
 --config-file=FILE             Set an alternate location for the config file
 --ignore-expiry                Ignore expiry dates on signed metadata (use
                                only in exceptional circumstances)
 --http-transport=HttpTransport
                                Set a transport for http(s) requests. Accepts
                                'curl', 'wget', 'powershell', and
                                'plain-http'. (default: 'curl')
 --nix[=(True or False)]        [DEPRECATED] Nix integration: run commands
                                through nix-shell if a 'shell.nix' file exists
                                (default is False)
 --enable-nix                   [DEPRECATED] Enable Nix integration: run
                                commands through nix-shell if a 'shell.nix'
                                file exists
 --disable-nix                  [DEPRECATED] Disable Nix integration
 --store-dir=DIR                The location of the build store
 --active-repositories=REPOS    The active package repositories (set to
                                ':none' to disable all repositories)

You can edit the cabal configuration file to set defaults:
  /tmp/.config/cabal/config
This file will be generated with sensible defaults if you run 'cabal update'.