If you use MinGHC, the necessary compilers and Unix tools for compilation (such as MSYS2, mingw, gcc / g++, etc.) are installed automatically. WinGhci, a GUI for GHCi (included in the Haskell Platform).GHC: Special notes for Cygwin users - GHC 6.6 platforms docs GHC v7.10 user guide.The Haskell Platform is a combination of GHC and a set of blessed libraries.Stack - this is not a compiler, but will install GHC automatically.Note that the absence of the environment variables above will result in linker errors when building hoogle. mkdir test cd test cabal sandbox init cabal install hoogle.bat and then executing the following sequence of commands :
Then test by firing up either msys2_shell. bat) then make sure that the following environment variable is defined : This should install ghc, ghci, cabal, mingw and msys2 to 'C:\Program Files\MinGHC-#.#.#' for the latest MinGHC version #, and add the correct programs to your path. See the GHC Trac Wiki for what you need to know to build GHC on Windows.įor a minimal setup download the MinGHC package from /downloads. This page describes what you need to know to use Haskell on a Windows machine. 5 Generating Dynamically Linked Libraries (DLL's).
