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# Getting started
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GHCup makes it easy to install specific versions of GHC on GNU/Linux,
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macOS (aka Darwin), FreeBSD and Windows and can also bootstrap a fresh [Haskell developer environment](./install/#supported-tools) from scratch.
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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).
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## Installation
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The following commands will download the `ghcup` binary into `~/.ghcup/bin` (or `C:\ghcup\bin` on windows) and then
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run it to interactively install the [Haskell Toolchain](#supported-tools). These commands should be run as **non-root/non-admin
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user**.
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For Linux, macOS, FreeBSD or Windows Subsystem 2 for Linux, run this in a terminal:
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```sh
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curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh
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```
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For Windows, run this in a PowerShell session:
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```psh
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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
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```
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There's also a [youtube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4fmQiUYPw) explaining installation on windows.
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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.
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### Which versions get installed?
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GHCup has two main channels for every tool: **recommended** and **latest**. By default, it installs *recommended*.
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*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.
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Also see [tags and shortcuts](../guide/#tags-and-shortcuts) for more information.
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## Next steps
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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
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2. To understand the difference and overlap of `stack` and `cabal`, read on [here](https://gist.github.com/merijn/8152d561fb8b011f9313c48d876ceb07)
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3. To learn Haskell proper check out the links at [How to learn Haskell proper](../steps#how-to-learn-haskell-proper)
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4. To learn more about Haskell Toolchain management, check out the [ghcup user guide](./guide.md)
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## Uninstallation
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On linux, just run `ghcup nuke`, then make sure any ghcup added lines in your `~/.bashrc` (or similar) are removed.
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On windows, right click on the `Uninstall Haskell.ps1` PowerShell script on your Desktop and select *Run with PowerShell*.
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## Supported tools
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GHCup supports the following tools, which are also known as the **Haskell Toolchain**:
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<details> <summary>Show all supported <a href='https://www.haskell.org/ghc/'>GHC</a> versions</summary>
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<table>
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<thead><tr><th>GHC Version</th><th>Tags</th></tr></thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr><td>9.4.1</td><td><span style="color:blue">latest</span>, base-4.17.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>9.2.4</td><td>base-4.16.3.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>9.2.3</td><td>base-4.16.2.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>9.2.2</td><td>base-4.16.1.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>9.2.1</td><td>base-4.16.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>9.0.2</td><td>base-4.15.1.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>9.0.1</td><td>base-4.15.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.10.7</td><td><span style="color:green">recommended</span>, base-4.14.3.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.10.6</td><td>base-4.14.3.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.10.5</td><td>base-4.14.2.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.10.4</td><td>base-4.14.1.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.10.3</td><td>base-4.14.1.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.10.2</td><td>base-4.14.1.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.10.1</td><td>base-4.14.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.8.4</td><td>base-4.13.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.8.3</td><td>base-4.13.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.8.2</td><td>base-4.13.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.8.1</td><td>base-4.13.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.6.5</td><td>base-4.12.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.6.4</td><td>base-4.12.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.6.3</td><td>base-4.12.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.6.2</td><td>base-4.12.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.6.1</td><td>base-4.12.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.4.4</td><td>base-4.11.1.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.4.3</td><td>base-4.11.1.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.4.2</td><td>base-4.11.1.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.4.1</td><td>base-4.11.0.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.2.2</td><td>base-4.10.1.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>8.0.2</td><td>base-4.9.1.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>7.10.3</td><td>base-4.8.2.0</td></tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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</details>
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<details> <summary>Show all supported <a href='https://cabal.readthedocs.io/en/stable/'>cabal-install</a> versions</summary>
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<table>
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<thead><tr><th>Cabal Version</th><th>Tags</th></tr></thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr><td>3.6.2.0</td><td><span style="color:blue">latest</span>, <span style="color:green">recommended</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td>3.6.0.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>3.4.1.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>3.4.0.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>3.2.0.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>3.0.0.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>2.4.1.0</td><td></td></tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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</details>
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<details> <summary>Show all supported <a href='https://haskell-language-server.readthedocs.io/en/stable/'>HLS</a> versions</summary>
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<table>
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<thead><tr><th>HLS Version</th><th>Tags</th></tr></thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr><td>1.7.0.0</td><td><span style="color:blue">latest</span>, <span style="color:green">recommended</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td>1.6.1.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>1.6.0.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>1.5.1</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>1.5.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>1.4.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>1.3.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>1.2.0</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>1.1.0</td><td></td></tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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</details>
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<details> <summary>Show all supported <a href='https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/'>Stack</a> versions</summary>
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<table>
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<thead><tr><th>Stack Version</th><th>Tags</th></tr></thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr><td>2.7.5</td><td><span style="color:blue">latest</span>, <span style="color:green">recommended</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td>2.7.3</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>2.7.1</td><td></td></tr>
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<tr><td>2.5.1</td><td></td></tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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</details>
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## Supported platforms
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This list may not be exhaustive and specifies support for bindists only.
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| Platform | Architecture | ghcup | GHC | cabal | HLS | stack |
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| ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
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| Windows 7 | amd64 | ❔ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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| Windows 10 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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| Windows Server 2016 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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| Windows Server 2019 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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| Windows Server 2022 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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| Windows WSL1 | amd64 | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
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| Windows WSL2 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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| MacOS >=10.13 | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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| MacOS <10.13 | amd64 | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
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| MacOS | aarch64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ |
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| FreeBSD | amd64 | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ |
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| Linux generic | x86 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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| Linux generic | amd64 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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| Linux generic | aarch64 | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ |
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| Linux generic | armv7 | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ❌ |
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### Windows 7
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May or may not work, several issues:
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* [https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/140](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/140)
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* [https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/197](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/197)
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### WSL1
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Unsupported. GHC may or may not work. Upgrade to WSL2.
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### MacOS <10.13
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Not supported. Would require separate binaries, since >=10.13 binaries are incompatible.
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Please upgrade.
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### MacOS aarch64
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HLS bindists are still experimental. Stack has only unofficial binaries for this platform.
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There are various issues with GHC itself.
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### FreeBSD
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Lacks some upstream bindists and may need compat libs, since most bindists are built on FreeBSD-12.
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HLS bindists are experimental.
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### Linux ARMv7/AARCH64
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Lower availability of bindists. Stack and HLS binaries are experimental.
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## Manual install
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Download the binary for your platform at [https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/](https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/)
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and place it into your `PATH` anywhere.
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If you want to GPG verify the binaries, import the following keys first: `7784930957807690A66EBDBE3786C5262ECB4A3F` and `FE5AB6C91FEA597C3B31180B73EDE9E8CFBAEF01`.
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Then adjust your `PATH` in `~/.bashrc` (or similar, depending on your shell) like so:
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```sh
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export PATH="$HOME/.cabal/bin:$HOME/.ghcup/bin:$PATH"
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```
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## Vim integration
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See [ghcup.vim](https://github.com/hasufell/ghcup.vim).
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## VSCode integration
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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:
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1. Install GHCup. During installation, opt in to install the Haskell Language Server (HLS).
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2. Install the extension (from VSCode: Ctrl + P and then `ext install haskell.haskell`).
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3. Make sure your project uses the GHC version installed from GHCup (otherwise HLS is likely to fail on launch):
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- instructions for [stack](https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/yaml_configuration/#system-ghc)
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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).
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## Get help
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* [Libera IRC chat on #haskell-ghcup or #haskell](https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/?nick=Guest%7C?#haskell,#haskell-ghcup)
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* [GHCup issue tracker](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues)
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* [Matrix](https://app.element.io/#/room/#haskell-tooling:matrix.org)
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* [Discord](https://discord.gg/pKYf3zDQU7)
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