Try out a Docker build

.dockerignore

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+dist
+builds
+logs
+.cabal-sandbox
+cabal.sandbox.config
+tarballs
+*.yaml

Dockerfile

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+FROM ubuntu:12.04
+
+ENV HOME /home/stackage
+ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
+
+RUN mkdir /home/stackage -p
+RUN locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y software-properties-common python-software-properties
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive add-apt-repository ppa:hvr/ghc -y
+
+ADD debian-bootstrap.sh /tmp/debian-bootstrap.sh
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive bash /tmp/debian-bootstrap.sh
+RUN rm /tmp/debian-bootstrap.sh
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y cabal-install-1.20 ghc-7.8.4
+
+ENV PATH /opt/ghc/7.8.4/bin:/opt/cabal/1.20/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+
+RUN cabal update
+ADD . /tmp/stackage
+RUN cd /tmp/stackage && cabal install
+RUN cp $HOME/.cabal/bin/stackage /usr/local/bin
+RUN rm -rf $HOME/.cabal $HOME/.ghc /tmp/stackage
+
+RUN cd /home/stackage && cabal update && stackage nightly

debian-bootstrap.sh

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 # instructions, see:
 #    http://www.stackage.org/install
 
-sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/zeromq
-sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:floe/libtisch
-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install -y \
+add-apt-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/zeromq
+add-apt-repository -y ppa:floe/libtisch
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \
     libncurses-dev \
     git \