This must be a recent development, because I installed Haskell using the "self-contained, all-in-one installer" only a month or two ago. The page on haskell.org still talks about this: "The Haskell Platform is a self-contained, all-in-one installer. After download, you will have everything necessary to build Haskell programs against a core set of useful libraries." (That really should be edited to reflect the current state of affairs.)

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@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:

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:

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.

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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