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Updated Preparing your system to use Stackage (markdown)

Michael Snoyman 2014-08-25 02:58:00 -07:00
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Preparing-your-system-to-use-Stackage.md

@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Stackage Server is designed to work either with or without Haskell Platform. The
This applies to both Haskell Platform and manual installs. A very common source of confusion for new users is that executables are not available. For example, "I ran `cabal install alex`, but it's complaining that `alex` isn't available." It's __vitally important__ that you make sure that your PATH environment variable is configured to include cabal's bin directory. This applies to both Haskell Platform and manual installs. A very common source of confusion for new users is that executables are not available. For example, "I ran `cabal install alex`, but it's complaining that `alex` isn't available." It's __vitally important__ that you make sure that your PATH environment variable is configured to include cabal's bin directory.
On most POSIX systems, this directory will be `$HOME/.cabal/bin`. On most POSIX systems, this directory will be `$HOME/.cabal/bin`. A simple way to do this is to edit your ~/.bashrc and place in there:
export PATH=$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH
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