Re: [Haskell-beginners] Problem with installing GHCi 8.0.1

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 wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jul 2016 06:17:22 +0200, Russ Abbott wrote:

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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.

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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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