Setting up Haskell
1. On CSE Machines
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler is included on CSE machines, including the REPL ghci.
For the assignments, the cabal build tool is available and will work to build and test your code.
2. Home machine
We recommend installing the
stack
build tool for Haskell. Once this is done, the entire compiler toolchain
can be installed just by typing stack setup. This should work on Linux,
Windows and Mac. Alternatively, the compiler
and toolchain can be installed from distribution package managers on Linux,
but these are often out of date or configured incorrectly.
Typing stack repl should open ghci and stack exec ghc can be used to
run ghc.
All assignments and exercises will come with build instructions. If you are
using this setup, follow the instructions for stack users.