Failure to install hsev on Windows 10 via `stack install hsdev`

Question

I get this error when running stack install hsdev outside and inside of a project:

λ stack install hsdev
Run from outside a project, using implicit global project config
Using resolver: lts-5.11 from implicit global project's config file: C:\Users\atc\AppData\Roaming\stack\global-project\stack.yaml
While constructing the BuildPlan the following exceptions were encountered:

--  While attempting to add dependency,
    Could not find package hformat in known packages

--  Failure when adding dependencies:
      hformat: needed (>=0.1), stack configuration has no specified version (latest applicable is 0.1.0.0)
      simple-log: needed (>=0.3.4), stack configuration has no specified version (latest applicable is 0.3.4)
      text-region: needed (>=0.1), stack configuration has no specified version (latest applicable is 0.1.0.0)
    needed for package hsdev-0.1.8.2

--  While attempting to add dependency,
    Could not find package simple-log in known packages

--  While attempting to add dependency,
    Could not find package text-region in known packages

Recommended action: try adding the following to your extra-deps in C:\Users\atc\AppData\Roaming\stack\global-project\stack.yaml
- hformat-0.1.0.0
- simple-log-0.3.4
- text-region-0.1.0.0

I have run stack update prior to attempting this. I want to install hsdev so I can use SublimeHaskell.

stack solver gives:

λ stack solver
Run from outside a project, using implicit global project config
Using resolver: lts-5.11 from implicit global project's config file: C:\Users\atc\AppData\Roaming\stack\global-project\stack.yaml
Using configuration file: AppData\Roaming\stack\global-project\stack.yaml
The following packages are missing from the config:

<snip long list of references to directories in AppData\Local\Temp\stack14228\>

No cabal packages found in AppData\Roaming\stack\global-project\stack.yaml. Please add at least one directory containing a .cabal file. You can also use 'stack init' to automatically generate the config file.

Relevant stack info:

λ stack --version
Version 1.0.4, Git revision cf18703b1392a96a5a4896a560309e501af63260 (3220 commits) x86_6

Answer 1

I got hsdev installed on my windows machine by the following steps.

1. Run stack unpack hsdev to download the source of hsdev to the working directory.
2. Move into the directory, run stack init --solver to create a proper stack.yaml build config.
3. Run stack install to build and copy the executables to your local bin directory. If stack reports an error about a missing LICENSE file create an empty LICENSE file under ./tests/test-package.