Install/upgrade¶
For many Un*x operating systems, all you need to do is run:
curl -sSL https://get.haskellstack.org/ | sh
or:
wget -qO- https://get.haskellstack.org/ | sh
Distribution packages are available for Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS / Red Hat / Amazon Linux, Fedora, Arch Linux and unofficially FreeBSD. Binaries for other operating systems are listed below, and available on the Github releases page. For the future, we are open to supporting more OSes (to request one, please submit an issue).
Binary packages are signed with this signing key.
If you are writing a script that needs to download the latest binary, you can find links that always point to the latest bindists here.
Windows¶
Note: Due to specific Windows limitations,
some temporary workarounds
may be required. It is strongly advised to set your STACK_ROOT
environment
variable similarly to your root (e.g., set STACK_ROOT=c:\stack_root
) before
running stack
.
Note: while generally 32-bit GHC is better tested on Windows, there are reports that recent versions of Windows only work with the 64-bit version of Stack (see issue #393).
Installer¶
We recommend installing to the default location with these installers, as that
will make stack install
and stack upgrade
work correctly out of the box.
Manual download¶
-
Download the latest release:
-
Unpack the archive and place
stack.exe
somewhere on your%PATH%
(see Path section below) and you can then runstack
on the command line. -
Now you can run
stack
from the terminal.
NOTE: These executables have been built and tested on a Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 64-bit machines. They should run on older Windows installs as well, but have not been tested. If you do test, please edit and update this page to indicate as such.
Mac OS X¶
Using Homebrew¶
If you have a popular brew tool installed, you can just do:
brew install haskell-stack
- The Homebrew formula and bottles are unofficial and lag slightly behind new Stack releases, but tend to be updated within a day or two.
- Normally, Homebrew will install from a pre-built binary (aka "pour from a
bottle"), but if
brew
starts trying to build everything from source (which will take hours), see their FAQ on the topic.
Manual download¶
- Download the latest release:
- Extract the archive and place
stack
somewhere on your$PATH
(see Path section below) - Now you can run
stack
from the terminal.
We generally test on the current version of Mac OS X, but stack is known to work on Yosemite and Mavericks as well, and may also work on older versions (YMMV).
Notes¶
After installation, running stack setup
might fail with configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
in which case you should run:
xcode-select --install
If you are on OS X 10.11 ("El Capitan") and encounter either of these problems, see the linked FAQ entries:
Ubuntu¶
note: for 32-bit, use the generic Linux option
-
Get the FP Complete key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 575159689BEFB442
-
Add the appropriate source repository (if not sure, run
lsb_release -a
to find out your Ubuntu version):-
Ubuntu 16.10 (amd64):
echo 'deb http://download.fpcomplete.com/ubuntu yakkety main'|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fpco.list
-
Ubuntu 16.04 (amd64):
echo 'deb http://download.fpcomplete.com/ubuntu xenial main'|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fpco.list
-
Ubuntu 15.10 (amd64):
echo 'deb http://download.fpcomplete.com/ubuntu wily main'|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fpco.list
-
Ubuntu 14.04 (amd64)
echo 'deb http://download.fpcomplete.com/ubuntu trusty main'|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fpco.list
-
Ubuntu 12.04 (amd64)
echo 'deb http://download.fpcomplete.com/ubuntu precise main'|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fpco.list
-
-
Update apt and install
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install stack -y
Debian¶
note: for 32-bit, use the generic Linux option
-
Get the FP Complete key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 575159689BEFB442
-
Add the appropriate source repository:
-
Debian 8 (amd64):
echo 'deb http://download.fpcomplete.com/debian jessie main'|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fpco.list
-
Debian 7 (amd64)
echo 'deb http://download.fpcomplete.com/debian wheezy main'|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fpco.list
For unstable Debian distributions, the package from the most recent stable release will usually work. If it doesn't, please report it.
-
-
Update apt and install
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install stack -y
CentOS / Red Hat / Amazon Linux¶
note: for 32-bit, use the generic Linux option
-
Add the appropriate source repository:
-
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 (x86_64)
curl -sSL https://download.fpcomplete.com/centos/7/fpco.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/fpco.repo
-
CentOS 6 / RHEL 6 (x86_64)
curl -sSL https://download.fpcomplete.com/centos/6/fpco.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/fpco.repo
-
-
Install:
sudo yum -y install stack
Fedora¶
Note: for 32-bit, you can use this
Fedora Copr repo (not
managed by the Stack release team, so not guaranteed to have the very latest
version) which can be enabled with: sudo dnf copr enable petersen/stack
-
Add the appropriate source repository:
-
Fedora 24 (x86_64)
curl -sSL https://download.fpcomplete.com/fedora/24/fpco.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/fpco.repo
-
Fedora 23 (x86_64)
curl -sSL https://download.fpcomplete.com/fedora/23/fpco.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/fpco.repo
-
Fedora 22 (x86_64)
curl -sSL https://download.fpcomplete.com/fedora/22/fpco.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/fpco.repo
-
-
Install:
sudo dnf -y install stack
openSUSE / SUSE Linux Enterprise¶
Note: openSUSE's and SLE's stack
package isn't managed by the Stack release
team, and since it is based on the version in Stackage LTS, and may lag new
releases by ten days or more.
-
Add the appropriate OBS repository:
-
openSUSE Tumbleweed
all needed is in distribution
-
openSUSE Leap
sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/haskell/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/devel:languages:haskell.repo
-
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12
sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/haskell/SLE_12/devel:languages:haskell.repo
-
-
Install:
sudo zypper in stack
Arch Linux¶
Note: stack
package in the [community] repository isn't managed by the
Stack release team. Depending on the maintainer's availability, it can lag
new releases by some days.
- stack latest stable version
- haskell-stack-git git version
In order to use stack setup
with older versions of GHC or on a 32-bit system,
you may need the
ncurses5-compat-libs
AUR package installed. If this package is not installed, Stack may not be able
to install older (< 7.10.3) or 32-bit GHC versions.
If you use the
ArchHaskell repository, you
can also get the haskell-stack-tool
package from there.
NixOS¶
Users who follow the nixos-unstable
channel or the Nixpkgs master
branch can install the latest stack
release into their profile by running:
nix-env -f "<nixpkgs>" -iA haskellPackages.stack
Alternatively, the package can be built from source as follows.
-
Clone the git repo:
git clone https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack.git
-
Create a
shell.nix
file:cabal2nix --shell ./. --no-check --no-haddock > shell.nix
Note that the tests fail on NixOS, so disable them with
--no-check
. Also, haddock currently doesn't work for stack, so--no-haddock
disables it. -
Install stack to your user profile:
nix-env -i -f shell.nix
For more information on using Stack together with Nix, please see the NixOS manual section on Stack.
Linux¶
(64-bit and 32-bit options available)
-
Download the latest release:
If you are on an older distribution that only includes libgmp4 (libgmp.so.3), such as CentOS/RHEL/Amazon Linux 6.x, use one of these instead:
-
Extract the archive and place
stack
somewhere on your$PATH
(see Path section below) -
Ensure you have required system dependencies installed. These include GCC, GNU make, xz, perl, libgmp, libffi, and zlib. We also recommend Git and GPG. To install these using your package manager:
- Debian / Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install g++ gcc libc6-dev libffi-dev libgmp-dev make xz-utils zlib1g-dev git gnupg
- Fedora / CentOS:
sudo dnf install perl make automake gcc gmp-devel libffi zlib xz tar git gnupg
(useyum
instead ofdnf
on CentOS and Fedora <= 21)- Fedora 24: In order to use
stack setup
on a 32-bit system, you may need to runsudo dnf install ncurses-compat-libs
. If this package is not installed, Stack may not be able to install 32-bit GHC versions. Alsosudo dnf install ncurses-compat-libs
if you nee
- Fedora 24: In order to use
-
Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S make gcc ncurses git gnupg xz zlib gmp libffi zlib
- In order to use
stack setup
with older versions of GHC or on a 32-bit system, you may need the ncurses5-compat-libs AUR package installed. If this package is not installed, Stack may not be able to install older (< 7.10.3) or 32-bit GHC versions.- Gentoo users, make sure to have the
ncurses
package withUSE=tinfo
(without it, stack will not be able to install GHC).
- Gentoo users, make sure to have the
- In order to use
- Debian / Ubuntu:
-
Now you can run
stack
from the terminal.
FreeBSD¶
(only 64-bit currently available, tested on FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE)
-
Install required dependencies:
pkg install devel/gmake perl5 lang/gcc misc/compat8x misc/compat9x converters/libiconv ca_root_nss
-
Download the latest release:
-
Extract the archive and place
stack
somewhere on your$PATH
(see Path section below) -
Now you can run
stack
from the terminal.
An unofficial package repository for FreeBSD 10 (amd64 only) and install instructions are available at http://stack-pkg.applicative.tech. The repository is not official and as such might lag behind new releases.
Path¶
You can install stack by copying it anywhere on your PATH environment variable. We recommend installing in the same directory where stack itself will install executables (that way stack is able to upgrade itself!). On Windows, that directory is %APPDATA%\local\bin
, e.g. "c:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\local\bin". For other systems, use $HOME/.local/bin
.
If you don't have that directory in your PATH, you may need to update your PATH (such as by editing .bashrc).
If you're curious about the choice of these paths, see issue #153
Shell auto-completion¶
To get tab-completion of commands on bash, just run the following (or add it to
.bashrc
):
eval "$(stack --bash-completion-script stack)"
For more information and other shells, see the shell auto-completion page
Upgrade¶
There are essentially three different approaches to upgrade:
- If you're using a package manager (e.g., the Ubuntu debs listed above) and are happy with sticking with the officially released binaries, simply follow your normal package manager strategies for upgrading (e.g.
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
). - If you're not using a package manager but want to stick with the official binaries (such as on Windows or Mac), you'll need to manually follow the steps above to download the newest binaries from the release page and replace the old binary.
- The
stack
tool itself ships with anupgrade
command, which will buildstack
from source and install it to the default install path (see the previous section). You can usestack upgrade
to get the latest official release, andstack upgrade --git
to install from Git and live on the bleeding edge. If you follow this, make sure that this directory is on yourPATH
and takes precedence over the system installedstack
. For more information, see this discussion.