[Haskell-cafe] When did it become so hard to install Haskell on Windows?

[Richard O'Keefe]

I ran into the same 403 with HaskellStack.org,
but using the "Cached" link that Google offered,
the page that *should* be there has a link to a
Windows 64-bit installer for stack, and stack is
currently installing ghc-8.8.3 for me, although it
warns that stack has not been tested with GHC
versions about 8.6.

The irony is that I ran stack.exe from an Ubuntu 18
shell.

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 at 15:24, José Pedro Magalhães <dreixel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I haven't used Haskell in my personal computer in a while. I decided to
> install it again. I used the Haskell Platform in the past, so I went for
> that again - and a quick Google search on "install haskell windows" brings
> up the HP page, so I thought I was on the right track.
>
> At the HP page for Windows, I'm greeted with this:
> [image: image.png]
>
> In the past I'd just download an installer which would take care of things
> - now it seems to be more complicated. But fine, I followed the link to
> configure Chocolatey. That's where it starts getting really scary:
> [image: image.png]
>
> First, I have to subscribe to a newsletter? Really? I guess this is
> entirely optional, but the instructions don't make it sound so. Then I have
> to know what powershell.exe is, use an administrative prompt, and enter
> scary commands in it.
>
> I gave up at this stage. But going back to the HP page, it appears that
> even this wouldn't be enough, because I would still need to follow "the
> instructions at haskellstack.org to install stack". The link to
> haskellstack.org takes me to a 403 Forbidden
> <https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/>.
>
> I honestly don't want this to sound like a rant. I genuinely would like
> to understand why this multi-step, multi-tool, multi-website process was
> introduced, how it is superior to a single installer, and whether this is
> really the process we want newcomers to the language have to follow.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Pedro
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