# Getting started GHCup makes it easy to install specific versions of GHC on GNU/Linux, macOS (aka Darwin), FreeBSD and Windows and can also bootstrap a fresh [Haskell developer environment](./install/#supported-tools) from scratch. It follows the UNIX philosophy of [do one thing and do it well](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy#Do_One_Thing_and_Do_It_Well). Similar in scope to [rustup](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rustup.rs), [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv) and [jenv](http://www.jenv.be). ## Installation The following commands will download the `ghcup` binary into `~/.ghcup/bin` (or `C:\ghcup\bin` on windows) and then run it to interactively install the [Haskell Toolchain](#supported-tools). These commands should be run as **non-root/non-admin user**. For Linux, macOS, FreeBSD or Windows Subsystem 2 for Linux, run this in a terminal: ```sh curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh ``` For Windows, run this in a PowerShell session: ```psh Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072;Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([ScriptBlock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/sh/bootstrap-haskell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing))) -ArgumentList $true ``` There's also a [youtube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4fmQiUYPw) explaining installation on windows. If you want to know what these scripts do, check out the [source code at the repository](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/tree/master/scripts/bootstrap). Advanced users may want to perform a [manual installation](#manual-install) and GPG verify the binaries. ### Which versions get installed? GHCup has two main channels for every tool: **recommended** and **latest**. By default, it installs *recommended*. *latest* follows the latest release of every tool, while *recommended* is at the discretion of the GHCup maintainers and based on community adoption (hackage libraries, tools like HLS, stackage support, etc.) and known bugs. Also see [tags and shortcuts](../guide/#tags-and-shortcuts) for more information. ## Next steps 1. Follow the [First steps guide](../steps) on how to build a "Hello world" program, use `ghc`, run an interactive REPL and create a Haskell project 2. To understand the difference and overlap of `stack` and `cabal`, read on [here](https://gist.github.com/merijn/8152d561fb8b011f9313c48d876ceb07) 3. To learn Haskell proper check out the links at [How to learn Haskell proper](../steps#how-to-learn-haskell-proper) 4. To learn more about Haskell Toolchain management, check out the [ghcup user guide](./guide.md) ## Uninstallation On linux, just run `ghcup nuke`, then make sure any ghcup added lines in your `~/.bashrc` (or similar) are removed. On windows, right click on the `Uninstall Haskell.ps1` PowerShell script on your Desktop and select *Run with PowerShell*. ## Supported tools GHCup supports the following tools, which are also known as the **Haskell Toolchain**:
Show all supported GHC versions
GHC VersionTags
9.2.4latest, base-4.16.3.0
9.2.3base-4.16.2.0
9.2.2base-4.16.1.0
9.2.1base-4.16.0.0
9.0.2base-4.15.1.0
9.0.1base-4.15.0.0
8.10.7recommended, base-4.14.3.0
8.10.6base-4.14.3.0
8.10.5base-4.14.2.0
8.10.4base-4.14.1.0
8.10.3base-4.14.1.0
8.10.2base-4.14.1.0
8.10.1base-4.14.0.0
8.8.4base-4.13.0.0
8.8.3base-4.13.0.0
8.8.2base-4.13.0.0
8.8.1base-4.13.0.0
8.6.5base-4.12.0.0
8.6.4base-4.12.0.0
8.6.3base-4.12.0.0
8.6.2base-4.12.0.0
8.6.1base-4.12.0.0
8.4.4base-4.11.1.0
8.4.3base-4.11.1.0
8.4.2base-4.11.1.0
8.4.1base-4.11.0.0
8.2.2base-4.10.1.0
8.0.2base-4.9.1.0
7.10.3base-4.8.2.0
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3.6.2.0latest, recommended
3.6.0.0
3.4.1.0
3.4.0.0
3.2.0.0
3.0.0.0
2.4.1.0
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HLS VersionTags
1.7.0.0latest, recommended
1.6.1.0
1.6.0.0
1.5.1
1.5.0
1.4.0
1.3.0
1.2.0
1.1.0
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Stack VersionTags
2.7.5latest, recommended
2.7.3
2.7.1
2.5.1
## Supported platforms This list may not be exhaustive and specifies support for bindists only. | Platform | Architecture | ghcup | GHC | cabal | HLS | stack | | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | | Windows 7 | amd64 | ❔ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Windows 10 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Windows Server 2016 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Windows Server 2019 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Windows Server 2022 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Windows WSL1 | amd64 | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | | Windows WSL2 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | MacOS >=10.13 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | MacOS <10.13 | amd64 | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | | MacOS | aarch64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | | FreeBSD | amd64 | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | | Linux generic | x86 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Linux generic | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | | Linux generic | aarch64 | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | | Linux generic | armv7 | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ | ### Windows 7 May or may not work, several issues: * [https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/140](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/140) * [https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/197](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/197) ### WSL1 Unsupported. GHC may or may not work. Upgrade to WSL2. ### MacOS <10.13 Not supported. Would require separate binaries, since >=10.13 binaries are incompatible. Please upgrade. ### MacOS aarch64 HLS bindists are still experimental. Stack has only unofficial binaries for this platform. There are various issues with GHC itself. ### FreeBSD Lacks some upstream bindists and may need compat libs, since most bindists are built on FreeBSD-12. HLS bindists are experimental. ### Linux ARMv7/AARCH64 Lower availability of bindists. Stack and HLS binaries are experimental. ## Manual install Download the binary for your platform at [https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/](https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/) and place it into your `PATH` anywhere. If you want to GPG verify the binaries, import the following keys first: `7784930957807690A66EBDBE3786C5262ECB4A3F` and `FE5AB6C91FEA597C3B31180B73EDE9E8CFBAEF01`. Then adjust your `PATH` in `~/.bashrc` (or similar, depending on your shell) like so: ```sh export PATH="$HOME/.cabal/bin:$HOME/.ghcup/bin:$PATH" ``` ## Vim integration See [ghcup.vim](https://github.com/hasufell/ghcup.vim). ## VSCode integration The developers of the Haskell Language Server offer an [extension](https://github.com/haskell/vscode-haskell) tightly integrated with the [Haskell Language Server](https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server). To get started: 1. Install GHCup. During installation, opt in to install the Haskell Language Server (HLS). 2. Install the extension (from VSCode: Ctrl + P and then `ext install haskell.haskell`). 3. Make sure your project uses the GHC version installed from GHCup (otherwise HLS is likely to fail on launch): - instructions for [stack](https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/yaml_configuration/#system-ghc) On Linux, some users have reported an issue when VSCode is not launched from a terminal ("cannot find ghc version"). A solution is to [let HLS know about your GHCup on $PATH](https://github.com/haskell/vscode-haskell#stackcabalghc-can-not-be-found). ## Get help * [Libera IRC chat on #haskell-ghcup or #haskell](https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/?nick=Guest%7C?#haskell,#haskell-ghcup) * [GHCup issue tracker](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues) * [Matrix](https://app.element.io/#/room/#haskell-tooling:matrix.org) * [Discord](https://discord.gg/pKYf3zDQU7)