# Tidal not working after update
**URL:** https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [29 December 2019 23:08 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022 "2019-12-29T23:08:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@bd139](https://forum.toplap.org/u/bd139)
#### Post date: [29 December 2019 23:08 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/1 "2019-12-29T23:08:43Z")
Hi, after updating tidal atom package 3.8.3 on ubuntu 18.04 it doesnt work, im using tidal 1.4.4 and after tryng to evaluate as a test
d1 $ s “bd”
atom gives me this
Load BootTidal.hs from /home/dhn/.atom/packages/tidalcycles/lib/BootTidal.hs
t\>
Some flags have not been recognized: prompt-cont,
Variable not in scope: d1 :: t0 -\> t
Variable not in scope: s :: [Char] -\> t0
ive tried to reinstall tidal and using older version but still gives me the same error
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### Author:  [@Dsm0](https://forum.toplap.org/u/Dsm0)
#### Post date: [30 December 2019 03:53 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/2 "2019-12-30T03:53:50Z")
usually the atom-tidal package is only bug free with the latest version.
did you reinstall tidal-1.4.4 or upgrade to tidal-1.4.7?
if you didn’t upgrade, you can do so by running
`cabal update`
followed by
`cabal install tidal`
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### Author:  [@yaxu](https://forum.toplap.org/u/yaxu)
#### Post date: [30 December 2019 11:49 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/3 "2019-12-30T11:49:13Z")
There was a compatibility problem with the latest atom plugin and tidal, it took us a couple of days to notice and fix it.
As @dsm0 suggests, if you update either the atom plugin, or the tidal library, or both, that should fix it.
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### Author:  [@bd139](https://forum.toplap.org/u/bd139)
#### Post date: [30 December 2019 15:26 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/4 "2019-12-30T15:26:39Z")
i tried upgrading to 1.4.7 and updating the atom package to 3.8.3 but it still doesnt work.
cabal install tidal
Resolving dependencies…
All the requested packages are already installed:
tidal-1.4.7
Use --reinstall if you want to reinstall anyway.
cabal update
Downloading the latest package list from [hackage.haskell.org](http://hackage.haskell.org)
Skipping download: local and remote files match.
ghc-pkg list tidal
/usr/lib/ghc/package.conf.d
(no packages)
/home/dhn/.ghc/x86\_64-linux-8.0.2/package.conf.d
tidal-1.4.7
apm install tidalcycles@3.8.3
Installing tidalcycles@3.8.3 to /home/dhn/.atom/packages ✓
i also tried to reinstall atom both using snap and apt but still gave the same error, when i ctrl+enter in a new .tidal file
d1 $ s “bd”
Load BootTidal.hs from /home/dhn/.cabal/share/x86\_64-linux-ghc-8.0.2/tidal-1.4.7/BootTidal.hs
t\>
Some flags have not been recognized: prompt-cont,
Variable not in scope: d1 :: t0 -\> t
Variable not in scope: s :: [Char] -\> t0
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### Author:  [@yaxu](https://forum.toplap.org/u/yaxu)
#### Post date: [30 December 2019 19:09 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/5 "2019-12-30T19:09:55Z")
Hmm that’s strange.
How about if you try to run this in atom:
```auto
:script /home/dhn/.cabal/share/x86_64-linux-ghc-8.0.2/tidal-1.4.7/BootTidal.hs
```
then
```auto
d1 $ sound "cp"
```
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### Author:  [@bd139](https://forum.toplap.org/u/bd139)
#### Post date: [3 January 2020 14:22 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/6 "2020-01-03T14:22:41Z")
i tried to ctrl+enter
```auto
:script /home/dhn/.cabal/share/x86_64-linux-ghc-8.0.2/tidal-1.4.7/BootTidal.hs
```
and it gave me this
Load BootTidal.hs from /home/dhn/.cabal/share/x86\_64-linux-ghc-8.0.2/tidal-1.4.7/BootTidal.hs
t\>
Some flags have not been recognized: prompt-cont,
Some flags have not been recognized: prompt-cont,
then i tried with
d1 $ sound “cp”
and gave the same error
Variable not in scope: d1 :: t0 -\> t
• Variable not in scope: sound :: [Char] -\> t0
• Perhaps you meant ‘round’ (imported from Prelude)
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### Author:  [@bd139](https://forum.toplap.org/u/bd139)
#### Post date: [3 January 2020 14:28 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/7 "2020-01-03T14:28:08Z")
i also tried
```auto
apm install tidalcycles@3.8.4
```
but still gives me the same error both running
```auto
:script /home/dhn/.cabal/share/x86_64-linux-ghc-8.0.2/tidal-1.4.7/BootTidal.hs
```
and
```auto
d1 $ sound "cp"
```
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### Author:  [@bd139](https://forum.toplap.org/u/bd139)
#### Post date: [3 January 2020 14:44 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/8 "2020-01-03T14:44:39Z")
reinstalled tidal 1.4.7 and atom upgrade atom-tidal package to 3.8.4
tried again
```auto
:script /home/dhn/.cabal/share/x86_64-linux-ghc-8.0.2/tidal-1.4.7/BootTidal.hs
```
and now gave me this
No configured ghc path
Ghci command: ghci Ghc-pkg command: ghc-pkg
Load BootTidal.hs from /home/dhn/.cabal/share/x86\_64-linux-ghc-8.0.2/tidal-1.4.7/BootTidal.hs
t\>
Some flags have not been recognized:
prompt-cont,
Some flags have not been recognized: prompt-cont,
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### Author:  [@claude](https://forum.toplap.org/u/claude)
#### Post date: [3 January 2020 17:52 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/9 "2020-01-03T17:52:42Z")
Old ghc does not understand `:set prompt-cont` so commenting out that line should fix it for you I think. Ref: [Broken tidal after update](https://forum.toplap.org/t/broken-tidal-after-update/783/8)
It was suggested in chat to move that line to the end of the file instead so that breakage is not so bad.
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### Author:  [@bd139](https://forum.toplap.org/u/bd139)
#### Post date: [4 January 2020 14:08 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/10 "2020-01-04T14:08:49Z")
thanks guys now its working fine, i removed
:set propmpt-cont “”
and it works and works also when moved to the end of the file
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### Author:  [@jamshark70](https://forum.toplap.org/u/jamshark70)
#### Post date: [22 May 2020 23:13 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/12 "2020-05-22T23:13:26Z")
^^ spam message, Tidal Converter has nothing to do with live coding.
hjh
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### Author:  [@yaxu](https://forum.toplap.org/u/yaxu)
#### Post date: [23 May 2020 07:07 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/tidal-not-working-after-update/1022/13 "2020-05-23T07:07:59Z")
Thanks, I’ve dealt with this!