[Haskell-beginners] Problem with installing GHCi 8.0.1

[Russ Abbott]

Sorry to be so dense, but how do you run the portable install option. After
downloading the "Minimal platform I have a .exe installer file. When I run
it, it doesn't offer a portable install option. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 4:26 AM Henk-Jan van Tuyl <hjgtuyl at chello.nl> wrote:

> 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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