[Haskell-beginners] FW: Initial startup of GHCi (Windows) v. 7.10.3

[Stephen Tetley]

You need to use :m (or :module) to load (preinstalled) modules rather
than files, e.g:

Prelude> :m Data.Text
Prelude Data.Text>

Best wishes


On 25 December 2015 at 19:13,  <pmcilroy at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Running on windows 10, GHC interactive fails to load any standard packages.
> The startup  message does not include the prompt about initializing packages
> do, as shown commonly on Haskell getting started tutorials. Instead I see:
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> GHCi, version 7.10.3: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
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> Prelude> :l Data.Text
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> <no location info>: module ‘Data.Text’ is a package module
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> Failed, modules loaded: none.
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> Prelude>
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> Any pointers on what to do next?
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