diff --git a/Gtk2HsSetup.hs b/Gtk2HsSetup.hs
--- a/Gtk2HsSetup.hs
+++ b/Gtk2HsSetup.hs
@@ -23,16 +23,24 @@
         CABAL_VERSION_MICRO)
 #else
 #warning Setup.hs is guessing the version of Cabal. If compilation of Setup.hs fails use -DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=x for Cabal version 1.x.0 when building (prefixed by --ghc-option= when using the 'cabal' command)
+#if (__GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 700)
+#define CABAL_VERSION CABAL_VERSION_ENCODE(1,10,0)
+#else
 #if (__GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 612)
 #define CABAL_VERSION CABAL_VERSION_ENCODE(1,8,0)
 #else
 #define CABAL_VERSION CABAL_VERSION_ENCODE(1,6,0)
 #endif
 #endif
+#endif
 
 -- | Build a Gtk2hs package.
 --
-module Gtk2HsSetup ( gtk2hsUserHooks, getPkgConfigPackages ) where
+module Gtk2HsSetup ( 
+  gtk2hsUserHooks, 
+  getPkgConfigPackages, 
+  checkGtk2hsBuildtools
+  ) where
 
 import Distribution.Simple
 import Distribution.Simple.PreProcess
@@ -65,7 +73,7 @@
 import Distribution.Simple.Compiler  ( Compiler(..) )
 import Distribution.Simple.Program (
   Program(..), ConfiguredProgram(..),
-  rawSystemProgramConf, rawSystemProgramStdoutConf,
+  rawSystemProgramConf, rawSystemProgramStdoutConf, programName,
   c2hsProgram, pkgConfigProgram, requireProgram, ghcPkgProgram,
   simpleProgram, lookupProgram, rawSystemProgramStdout, ProgArg)
 import Distribution.ModuleName ( ModuleName, components, toFilePath )
@@ -83,10 +91,11 @@
 #endif
 import Distribution.Text ( simpleParse, display )
 import System.FilePath
-import System.Directory ( doesFileExist )
+import System.Exit (exitFailure)
+import System.Directory ( doesFileExist, getDirectoryContents, doesDirectoryExist )
 import Distribution.Version (Version(..))
 import Distribution.Verbosity
-import Control.Monad (when, unless, filterM)
+import Control.Monad (when, unless, filterM, liftM, forM, forM_)
 import Data.Maybe ( isJust, isNothing, fromMaybe, maybeToList )
 import Data.List (isPrefixOf, isSuffixOf, nub)
 import Data.Char (isAlpha)
@@ -94,7 +103,6 @@
 import qualified Data.Set as S
 
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
-import System.Directory (getDirectoryContents, doesDirectoryExist)
 
 -- the name of the c2hs pre-compiled header file
 precompFile = "precompchs.bin"
@@ -103,13 +111,13 @@
     hookedPrograms = [typeGenProgram, signalGenProgram, c2hsLocal],
     hookedPreProcessors = [("chs", ourC2hs)],
     confHook = \pd cf ->
-      confHook simpleUserHooks pd cf >>= return . adjustLocalBuildInfo,
+      (fmap adjustLocalBuildInfo (confHook simpleUserHooks pd cf)),
     postConf = \args cf pd lbi -> do
       genSynthezisedFiles (fromFlag (configVerbosity cf)) pd lbi
       postConf simpleUserHooks args cf pd lbi,
     buildHook = \pd lbi uh bf -> fixDeps pd >>= \pd ->
-                                 (buildHook simpleUserHooks) pd lbi uh bf,
-    copyHook = \pd lbi uh flags -> (copyHook simpleUserHooks) pd lbi uh flags >>
+                                 buildHook simpleUserHooks pd lbi uh bf,
+    copyHook = \pd lbi uh flags -> copyHook simpleUserHooks pd lbi uh flags >>
       installCHI pd lbi (fromFlag (copyVerbosity flags)) (fromFlag (copyDest flags)),
     instHook = \pd lbi uh flags ->
 #if defined(mingw32_HOST_OS) || defined(__MINGW32__)
@@ -187,7 +195,11 @@
      _ | modeGenerateRegFile   -> die "Generate Reg File not supported"
        | modeGenerateRegScript -> die "Generate Reg Script not supported"
        | otherwise             -> registerPackage verbosity
+#if CABAL_VERSION_CHECK(1,10,0)
+                                    installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace [packageDb]
+#else
                                     installedPkgInfo pkg lbi inplace packageDb
+#endif
 
   where
     modeGenerateRegFile = isJust (flagToMaybe (regGenPkgConf regFlags))
@@ -298,7 +310,7 @@
 getCppOptions bi lbi
     = nub $
       ["-I" ++ dir | dir <- PD.includeDirs bi]
-   ++ [opt | opt@('-':c:_) <- (PD.cppOptions bi ++ PD.ccOptions bi), c `elem` "DIU"]
+   ++ [opt | opt@('-':c:_) <- PD.cppOptions bi ++ PD.ccOptions bi, c `elem` "DIU"]
 
 installCHI :: PackageDescription -- ^information from the .cabal file
         -> LocalBuildInfo -- ^information from the configure step
@@ -308,14 +320,13 @@
   let InstallDirs { libdir = libPref } = absoluteInstallDirs pkg lbi copydest
   -- cannot use the recommended 'findModuleFiles' since it fails if there exists
   -- a modules that does not have a .chi file
-  mFiles <- mapM (findFileWithExtension' ["chi"] [buildDir lbi])
-                 (map toFilePath
+  mFiles <- mapM (findFileWithExtension' ["chi"] [buildDir lbi] . toFilePath)
 #if CABAL_VERSION_CHECK(1,8,0)
                    (PD.libModules lib)
 #else
                    (PD.libModules pkg)
 #endif
-                 )
+                 
   let files = [ f | Just f <- mFiles ]
 #if CABAL_VERSION_CHECK(1,8,0)
   installOrdinaryFiles verbosity libPref files
@@ -331,13 +342,13 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 typeGenProgram :: Program
-typeGenProgram = (simpleProgram "gtk2hsTypeGen")
+typeGenProgram = simpleProgram "gtk2hsTypeGen"
 
 signalGenProgram :: Program
-signalGenProgram = (simpleProgram "gtk2hsHookGenerator")
+signalGenProgram = simpleProgram "gtk2hsHookGenerator"
 
 c2hsLocal :: Program
-c2hsLocal = (simpleProgram "gtk2hsC2hs")
+c2hsLocal = simpleProgram "gtk2hsC2hs"
 
 genSynthezisedFiles :: Verbosity -> PackageDescription -> LocalBuildInfo -> IO ()
 genSynthezisedFiles verb pd lbi = do
@@ -370,7 +381,7 @@
          res <- rawSystemProgramStdoutConf verb prog (withPrograms lbi) args
          rewriteFile outFile res
 
-  (flip mapM_) (filter (\(tag,_) -> "x-types-" `isPrefixOf` tag && "file" `isSuffixOf` tag) xList) $
+  forM_ (filter (\(tag,_) -> "x-types-" `isPrefixOf` tag && "file" `isSuffixOf` tag) xList) $
     \(fileTag, f) -> do
       let tag = reverse (drop 4 (reverse fileTag))
       info verb ("Ensuring that class hierarchy in "++f++" is up-to-date.")
@@ -391,7 +402,7 @@
   sequence
     [ do version <- pkgconfig ["--modversion", display pkgname]
          case simpleParse version of
-           Nothing -> die $ "parsing output of pkg-config --modversion failed"
+           Nothing -> die "parsing output of pkg-config --modversion failed"
            Just v  -> return (PackageIdentifier pkgname v)
     | Dependency pkgname _ <- concatMap pkgconfigDepends (allBuildInfo pkg) ]
   where
@@ -456,9 +467,9 @@
 extractDeps :: ModDep -> IO ModDep
 extractDeps md@ModDep { mdLocation = Nothing } = return md
 extractDeps md@ModDep { mdLocation = Just f } = withUTF8FileContents f $ \con -> do
-  let findImports acc (('{':'#':xs):xxs) = case (dropWhile ((==) ' ') xs) of
+  let findImports acc (('{':'#':xs):xxs) = case (dropWhile (' ' ==) xs) of
         ('i':'m':'p':'o':'r':'t':' ':ys) ->
-          case simpleParse (takeWhile ((/=) '#') ys) of
+          case simpleParse (takeWhile ('#' /=) ys) of
             Just m -> findImports (m:acc) xxs 
             Nothing -> die ("cannot parse chs import in "++f++":\n"++
                             "offending line is {#"++xs)
@@ -484,3 +495,17 @@
         Just md -> (md:out', visited')
           where
             (out',visited') = foldl visit (out, m `S.insert` visited) (mdRequires md)
+
+-- Check user whether install gtk2hs-buildtools correctly.
+checkGtk2hsBuildtools :: [String] -> IO ()
+checkGtk2hsBuildtools programs = do
+  programInfos <- mapM (\ name -> do
+                         location <- programFindLocation (simpleProgram name) normal
+                         return (name, location)
+                      ) programs
+  let printError name = do
+        putStrLn $ "Cannot find " ++ name ++ "\n" 
+                 ++ "Please install `gtk2hs-buildtools` first and check that the install directory is in your PATH (e.g. HOME/.cabal/bin)."
+        exitFailure
+  forM_ programInfos $ \ (name, location) ->
+    when (isNothing location) (printError name) 
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
--- a/Setup.hs
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 -- Setup file for a Gtk2Hs module. Contains only adjustments specific to this module,
 -- all Gtk2Hs-specific boilerplate is stored in Gtk2HsSetup.hs which should be kept
 -- identical across all modules.
-import Gtk2HsSetup ( gtk2hsUserHooks )
+import Gtk2HsSetup ( gtk2hsUserHooks, checkGtk2hsBuildtools )
 import Distribution.Simple ( defaultMainWithHooks )
 
-main = defaultMainWithHooks gtk2hsUserHooks
+main = do
+  checkGtk2hsBuildtools ["gtk2hsC2hs"]
+  defaultMainWithHooks gtk2hsUserHooks
+  
diff --git a/cairo.cabal b/cairo.cabal
--- a/cairo.cabal
+++ b/cairo.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           cairo
-Version:        0.11.1
+Version:        0.12.0
 License:        BSD3
 License-file:   COPYRIGHT
 Copyright:      (c) 2001-2010 The Gtk2Hs Team, (c) Paolo Martini 2005, (c) Abraham Egnor 2003, 2004, (c) Aetion Technologies LLC 2004
diff --git a/demo/Clock.hs b/demo/Clock.hs
--- a/demo/Clock.hs
+++ b/demo/Clock.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -- original author:
 --    Mirco "MacSlow" Mueller <macslow@bangang.de>
 --
--- created: 
+-- created:
 --    10.1.2006 (or so)
 --
 -- http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
   setSourceRGB 0.16 0.18 0.19
   setLineWidth (1.5/60)
   setLineCap LineCapRound
-  setLineJoin LineJoinRound  
-  drawHourMarks  
-  
+  setLineJoin LineJoinRound
+  drawHourMarks
+
   restore
 
 drawClockHands :: Bool -> Int -> Int -> Render ()
@@ -51,18 +51,18 @@
   setLineWidth (1.5/60)
   setLineCap LineCapRound
   setLineJoin LineJoinRound
-   
+
   time <- liftIO (getClockTime >>= toCalendarTime)
   let hours   = fromIntegral (if ctHour time >= 12
                                 then ctHour time - 12
                                 else ctHour time)
       minutes = fromIntegral (ctMin time)
       seconds = fromIntegral (ctSec time)
-  
+
   drawHourHand quality hours minutes seconds
   drawMinuteHand quality minutes seconds
   drawSecondHand quality seconds
-  
+
   restore
 
 drawClockForeground :: Bool -> Int -> Int -> Render ()
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@
 
   when quality drawInnerShadow
   when quality drawReflection
-  drawFrame quality 
+  drawFrame quality
   restore
-  
+
 drawDropShadow =
   withRadialPattern 0.55 0.55 0.25 0.5 0.5 0.525 $ \pattern -> do
     patternAddColorStopRGBA pattern 0    0     0     0     0.811
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
   rotate ( (pi/6) * hours
          + (pi/360) * minutes
          + (pi/21600) * seconds)
-  
+
   -- hour hand's shadow
   when quality $ do
     setLineWidth (1.75/60)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     moveTo (-2/15 + 0.025) 0.025
     lineTo (7/15 + 0.025) 0.025
     stroke
-  
+
   -- the hand itself
   setLineWidth (1/60)
   setOperator OperatorOver
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
   setLineJoin LineJoinMiter
   rotate ( (pi/30) * minutes
          + (pi/1800) * seconds)
-  
+
   -- minute hand's shadow
   when quality $ do
     setLineWidth (1.75/60)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     moveTo (-16/75 - 0.025) (-0.025)
     lineTo (2/3 - 0.025)    (-0.025)
     stroke
-  
+
   -- the minute hand itself
   setLineWidth (1/60)
   setOperator OperatorOver
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 
 main = do
   initGUI
-  
+
   window <- windowNew
   windowSetDecorated window False
   windowSetResizable window True
@@ -300,13 +300,13 @@
   window `on` keyPressEvent $ tryEvent $ do
     "Escape" <- eventKeyName
     liftIO mainQuit
-  
+
   window `on` buttonPressEvent $ tryEvent $ do
     LeftButton <- eventButton
     time <- eventTime
     (x,y) <- eventRootCoordinates
     liftIO $ windowBeginMoveDrag window LeftButton (round x) (round y) time
-    
+
   window `on` buttonPressEvent $ tryEvent $ do
     MiddleButton <- eventButton
     time <- eventTime
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
         drawWin <- widgetGetDrawWindow window
         background <- createImageSurface FormatARGB32 width height
         foreground <- createImageSurface FormatARGB32 width height
-        let clear = do 
+        let clear = do
               save
               setOperator OperatorClear
               paint
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
           drawClockForeground True width height
         writeIORef backgroundRef (Just background)
         writeIORef foregroundRef (Just foreground)
-  
+
   onRealize window redrawStaticLayers
 
   sizeRef <- newIORef (initialSize, initialSize)
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
     size <- readIORef sizeRef
     writeIORef sizeRef (w,h)
     when (size /= (w,h)) $ do
-      
+
       background <- readIORef backgroundRef
       foreground <- readIORef foregroundRef
       maybe (return ()) surfaceFinish background
@@ -356,10 +356,10 @@
 
       writeIORef backgroundRef Nothing
       writeIORef foregroundRef Nothing
-      
+
       timeoutHandler <- readIORef timeoutHandlerRef
       maybe (return ()) timeoutRemove timeoutHandler
-      
+
       handler <- timeoutAddFull (do
         writeIORef timeoutHandlerRef Nothing
         redrawStaticLayers
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
         return False
         ) priorityDefaultIdle 300
       writeIORef timeoutHandlerRef (Just handler)
-      
+
     return False
 
   window `on` exposeEvent $ do
diff --git a/demo/Drawing.hs b/demo/Drawing.hs
--- a/demo/Drawing.hs
+++ b/demo/Drawing.hs
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
 
     setSourceRGB 1 1 0
     setLineWidth 4
-  
+
     save
     translate (width / 2) (height / 2)
     scale (width / 2) (height / 2)
     arc 0 0 1 (135 * pi/180) (225 * pi/180)
     restore
     stroke
-  
+
     setSourceRGB 0 0 0
     moveTo 30 (realToFrac height / 4)
     rotate (pi/4)
diff --git a/demo/StarAndRing.hs b/demo/StarAndRing.hs
--- a/demo/StarAndRing.hs
+++ b/demo/StarAndRing.hs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 starAndRing width height = do
   setOperator OperatorClear
   paint
-  
+
   setOperator OperatorAdd
 
   renderWithSimilarSurface ContentColorAlpha width height $ \ringOverStar -> do
