[Haskell-beginners] Problem with installing GHCi 8.0.1

[Henk-Jan van Tuyl]

On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 06:17:22 +0200, Russ Abbott <russ.abbott at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I downloaded GHCi 8.0.1 for Windows. Since I don't have administrator
> privileges I repeatedly clicked no when asked if I wanted to stop and
> restart with elevated privileges. Eventually it installed (in a folder on
> the desktop). The next step tells me to change some lines in the cabal
> user-config file.  I followed the instructions to find that file, but  
> all I
> got was an html file, which didn't seem right.  I looked manually in
> multiple directories, but nothing seemed like the right file. Would  
> someone help me find the file that needs to be changed.

Searching for
     cabal config windows
lead me to
     https://wiki.haskell.org/Cabal-Install#The_cabal-install_configuration_file
which tells me that the config file is
     %appdata%\cabal\config
That file should be created during installation, but you can create it
yourself if necessary.

> Also, WinGHCi does not appear in my start menu. Should it appear there by
> this point?

That is not done automatically; you can do it by right clicking on
winghci.exe and selecting the proper option from the menu that appears.

Regards,
Henk-Jan van Tuyl


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