Using stack for interactive ghc sessions

README.md

Recipe for installing stack and using it interactively.

1. Install stack -- https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/
2. Choose a resolver - e.g. lts-6.11
3. Edit ~/.stack/global-project/stack.yaml and set resolver: to the value selected in step 3.
4. Run: stack setup

Now when you want to run ghci use:

stack exec ghci

To install a package, e.g. the parsec package, use:

stack install parsec