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[Discussion] Install ghcup (optionally, on user request) via extension? #559

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@hasufell

Currently we don't and refer the user to the ghcup download homepage, because:

  1. it forces them to get a basic understanding of what ghcup is and how they can use it outside of VSCode
  2. it requires them to set up PATH properly and understand how to run ghc/ghci outside of VSCode
  3. on windows, it also installs msys2 on demand (or lets them point to an existing msys2), sets up cabal config and environment variables
    • ghcup itself currently cannot install msys2, only the powershell bootstrap script

@wz1000 suggested that the extension may install ghcup. The main challenges here are:

  1. how to deal with msys2 on windows
  2. can we run the interactive bootstrap scripts on both linux and windows through the extension?

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