X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=installing.mdwn;h=f04ac2c64e27a2c5a9ac9b7b1e6226b45749a08c;hp=0f8e96d3caaab5e762feefd1d621473ccfbfae88;hb=06006ffc2a48eff699628dc0041424acda9bbe4e;hpb=99f96ad7ada61d942dea80b805dd87ad695dbeed diff --git a/installing.mdwn b/installing.mdwn index 0f8e96d3..f04ac2c6 100644 --- a/installing.mdwn +++ b/installing.mdwn @@ -415,7 +415,6 @@ other. There is a (slow, bare-bones) version of Haskell available for online use at . -FIXME Like Scheme, Haskell has a couple of different implementations. The dominant one, and the one we recommend you install, is called [GHC](https://wiki.haskell.org/GHC), short for "Glasgow Haskell Compiler". To install this on your machine, there are a couple of different strategies. It's helpful to understand some lingo as you begin this process: * As mentioned, **GHC** is the main Haskell engine or compiler you'll be installing. The current version is 7.8.4, from December 2014. @@ -466,8 +465,6 @@ On **Ubuntu or Debian Linux**: * In a Terminal, type `sudo apt-get install haskell-platform`. -It's useful to know about the [Haskell Wiki](https://wiki.haskell.org). They have a [Getting Started](https://wiki.haskell.org/Haskell_in_5_steps) page, which also recommends that you install the Haskell Platform. - If any of the instructions above don't work, then you can try alternative instructions for [Mac](http://new-www.haskell.org/downloads/osx) or [Windows](http://new-www.haskell.org/downloads/windows) or [Ubuntu](http://new-www.haskell.org/downloads/linux). Note that this method doesn't install all the extensions that are part of the Haskell Platform, but only the core pieces of GHC. You can use Cabal to download and manage any extra extensions you turn out to need, down the road. **After installing Haskell**, open a Terminal and type: