X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=installing.mdwn;h=cccd37810503ce999f12eeb18c73a0f948116c60;hp=8cc4ae3814a2619497169a46cad6d9c2b8f09799;hb=371a6b4c34bee27aa68aed46855ff775114748be;hpb=d922e64e8c46637fc743b151db47e0e96dabaaac diff --git a/installing.mdwn b/installing.mdwn index 8cc4ae38..cccd3781 100644 --- a/installing.mdwn +++ b/installing.mdwn @@ -420,8 +420,8 @@ Like Scheme, Haskell has a couple of different implementations. The dominant one * As mentioned, **GHC** is the main Haskell engine or compiler you'll be installing. The current version is 7.8.4, from December 2014. * **gcc** and **llvm/clang** and **Xcode** and **MinGW** are names for other compilers on various systems. Oftentimes these will be used during the installation process to get GHC up and running. Some of the strategies described below will help you install these if they're not already on your machine. * **alex** and **happy** and **haddock** are names of various Haskell helper programs that GHC uses to get up and running. -* **[Cabal](https://www.haskell.org/cabal)** is a "package manager" for Haskell. It allows you to install libraries or extensions that other people have built. (Usually those are published at the [Hackage](https://hackage.haskell.org) web site.) Some of these are experimental and may not always work; others are quite fundamental and are almost de facto parts of what people expect in a Haskell system. -* **[Haskell Platform](https://www.haskell.org/platform)** is a standard bundle that includes a specific version of GHC, plus specific versions of some of the most popular libraries or extensions. This is updated once or twice a year. The current version is 2014.2.0.0, from August 2014. It includes GHC version 7.8.3. +* **cabal** is a "package manager" for Haskell. It allows you to install libraries or extensions that other people have built. (Usually those are published at the [Hackage](https://hackage.haskell.org) Package Database.) Some of these are experimental and may not always work; others are quite fundamental and are almost de facto parts of what people expect in a Haskell system. +* The **[Haskell Platform](https://www.haskell.org/platform/contents.html)** is a standard bundle that includes a specific version of GHC, plus specific versions of some of the most popular libraries or extensions. This is updated once or twice a year. The current version is 2014.2.0.0, from August 2014. It includes GHC version 7.8.3. The easiest way to get up and running with Haskell/GHC is to install the Haskell Platform. Here's how to do that **on Windows**: @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ The easiest way to get up and running with Haskell/GHC is to install the Haskell On **Mac without MacPorts**: -* Go to and follow the instructions. This requires Mac OS X 10.6 / Snow Leopard or later; but there is a link to an earlier version of Haskell Platform, that's built for Mac OS X 10.5 / Leopard. During the installation, you may be prompted to install "the command line developer tools"; this is a portion of what Apple bundles together with Xcode (mentioned above on this page). The installer will take care of getting these for you if you give it permission. +* Go to and follow the instructions. This requires Mac OS X 10.6 / Snow Leopard or later; but there is a link to an earlier version of the Haskell Platform, that's built for Mac OS X 10.5 / Leopard. During the installation, you may be prompted to install "the command line developer tools"; this is a portion of what Apple bundles together with Xcode (mentioned above on this page). The installer will take care of getting these for you if you give it permission.