@hamahl,
The following stackoverflow answer, hopefully shows how to configure wrappers to cabal that use different versions of GHC:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/34301765
After setting-up what is outlined in the above answer, you can just:
$ cabal-ghc-7.4 install random
There may be other ways to do it, but the above is the one that I use.
The following also looks like a promising option (I have not tested it):
https://stackoverflow.com/a/41568600
$ cabal install random -w /usr/bin/ghc-7.
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rudy.matela commented on 2017-06-12 10:58
jachymb commented on 2017-06-12 09:45
How can I add additional packages (e.g. random) to my system to use with old versions of ghc?