Files for Getting Started with Haskell

2013-10-24-NYHaskell-GettingStartedWithHaskell.md

Event page

Tentative Agenda for the evening:

• Introductions around the group
• Segment 1: Installations. Break into smaller groups based on OS.
• Segment 2: Projects. Select one of 3 tracks

Please bring:

• wifi enabled laptop

Links

• Haskell
• Cabal
• Hackage Docs
• Getting started with haskell

common_commands.sh

# A list of common commands 

# Finding out version of Haskell Compiler
ghc --version

# List packages installed

# GHC Package manager
ghc-pkg

# Unregister packages

# blow away packages
rm -fr ~/.ghc

# Caball installation location
~/.cabal/bin

StepByStep.sh

#Install Haskell Platform

#Go here: http://www.haskell.org/platform/

#Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install haskell-platform


Update cabal

cabal update

sudo cabal install —global Cabal cabal-install

cabal —version

#  Should show 1.18 or higher
#  Might need to restart terminal

# Set up your project

mkdir helloworld

cabal init

# Answer the questions - the default answers are fine
# When prompted to choose ‘library’ or ‘executable’, choose executable
#   Add this line to the end of the resulting .cabal file, under the ‘executable’ section
#  main-is: Main.hs

cabal sandbox init

# Create this file Main.hs
# main = putStrLn "Hello, world!"

cabal install

run

cabal install

cabal repl