It might also help to modify or remove the default package environment ~/.ghc/x86_64-...-8.10.7/environments/default and avoid running cabal install --lib, because you will run into these kinds of issues if you do.
Also, cabal install primitive doesn’t really make sense, because primitive doesn’t contain any executables and cabal install is only for executables. If you want to use primitive as a dependency I would recommend making a proper cabal package.