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Recommended installation instructions

for Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Windows or WSL2

Use GHCup to install GHC, cabal-install, Stack and haskell-language-server

Find out more about the Haskell toolchain

The Haskell toolchain consists of the following tools:

GHC: the Glasgow Haskell Compiler
cabal-install: the Cabal installation tool for managing Haskell software
Stack: a cross-platform program for developing Haskell projects
haskell-language-server (optional): A language server for developers to integrate with their editor/IDE

Installation via native OS package manager

Alternatively, many operating systems provide GHC, cabal and Stack through their native package manager. The packages are often out-of-date but if you prefer to use this method of installation then you will find useful links below.

Show Linux distros

Ubuntu

Official packages: GHC, cabal, Stack
Third party PPA

Debian

Official packages: GHC, cabal, Stack

Fedora

Official packages GHC, cabal, Stack

openSUSE

Official packages GHC, cabal,
devel:languages:haskell repo

Gentoo

Official packages GHC, cabal, Stack
Third party repo

Arch

Do not use the Haskell development tools provided by Arch, they are broken. For more information see [1] [2].

Show Nix/NixOS instructions

Nix is the package manager for NixOS and can also be used on other Linux distros and macOS.

Using ghcup on NixOS does not work. Use the official packages instead.
You can get started by installing GHC, Haskell Language Server and cabal-install (or Stack) via Nix.
Read the documentation to learn more about development environments and packaging for Haskell with Nix.

Show FreeBSD packages

Ports: GHC, cabal, Stack

Show Windows packages

Chocolatey: GHC, cabal, Stack