# Trouble setting up Tidal – stack install **URL:** \ **Category:** TidalCycles\ **Created:** [30 October 2019 10:16 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/trouble-setting-up-tidal-stack-install/902 "2019-10-30T10:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WQT](https://forum.toplap.org/user_avatar/forum.toplap.org/wqt/32/511_2.png) [@WQT](https://forum.toplap.org/u/WQT)\ **Post date:** [31 October 2019 10:57 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/trouble-setting-up-tidal-stack-install/902/21 "2019-10-31T10:57:38Z")
``` Successfully installed cabal-install ``` It worked ! Thank you so much for sticking around and solving this. 🙂 I am going to go on with the Tidal installation. ---
**Author:** ![yaxu](https://forum.toplap.org/user_avatar/forum.toplap.org/yaxu/32/3_2.png) [@yaxu](https://forum.toplap.org/u/yaxu)\ **Post date:** [31 October 2019 11:21 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/trouble-setting-up-tidal-stack-install/902/22 "2019-10-31T11:21:23Z")
Great, perhaps re-running the tidal-bootstrap script will work now ---
**Author:** ![WQT](https://forum.toplap.org/user_avatar/forum.toplap.org/wqt/32/511_2.png) [@WQT](https://forum.toplap.org/u/WQT)\ **Post date:** [31 October 2019 11:46 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/trouble-setting-up-tidal-stack-install/902/23 "2019-10-31T11:46:52Z")
I reran the bootstrap and indeed it works fine. Thank you again. ---
**Author:** ![MegumiSoft](https://forum.toplap.org/user_avatar/forum.toplap.org/megumisoft/32/710_2.png) [@MegumiSoft](https://forum.toplap.org/u/MegumiSoft)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2020 07:17 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/trouble-setting-up-tidal-stack-install/902/24 "2020-05-09T07:17:28Z")
> [@yaxu](#): > > curl [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yaxu/ghcup/patch-1/ghcup](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yaxu/ghcup/patch-1/ghcup) -o ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup Hello, I’ve actually go just one issue when installing tidal but anyway I’ve tried all solutions you’ve posted , I reach you out at another thread and now I narrowed down the error message to this outcome: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32\> cabal install tidal Resolving dependencies… Build profile: -w ghc-8.10.1 -O1 In order, the following will be built (use -v for more details): - network-3.1.1.1 (lib:network) (requires build) - hosc-0.17 (lib) (requires build) - tidal-1.4.9 (lib) (requires build) Starting network-3.1.1.1 (all, legacy fallback) Failed to build network-3.1.1.1. The failure occurred during the configure step. Build log ( C:\Users\SamuelGonzález\AppData\Roaming\cabal\logs\ghc-8.10.1\network-3.1.1.1-3d4d12ff250f7809f8fb1b66d00b9b19689c1bdc.log ): Configuring network-3.1.1.1… cabal.exe: The package has a ‘./configure’ script. If you are on Windows, This requires a Unix compatibility toolchain such as MinGW+MSYS or Cygwin. If you are not on Windows, ensure that an ‘sh’ command is discoverable in your path. cabal.exe: Failed to build network-3.1.1.1 (which is required by tidal-1.4.9). See the build log above for details. I realy want to start making music , lol, I’m sure you are the only one who can help me out whit this mess. Best regards. ---
**Author:** ![yaxu](https://forum.toplap.org/user_avatar/forum.toplap.org/yaxu/32/3_2.png) [@yaxu](https://forum.toplap.org/u/yaxu)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2020 07:28 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/trouble-setting-up-tidal-stack-install/902/25 "2020-05-09T07:28:01Z")
Hm, something is wrong with your haskell install, how have you installed it? You could try with there instructions, if you haven’t already [https://www.haskell.org/platform/#windows](https://www.haskell.org/platform/#windows) ---
**Author:** ![MegumiSoft](https://forum.toplap.org/user_avatar/forum.toplap.org/megumisoft/32/710_2.png) [@MegumiSoft](https://forum.toplap.org/u/MegumiSoft)\ **Post date:** [9 May 2020 15:55 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/trouble-setting-up-tidal-stack-install/902/26 "2020-05-09T15:55:04Z")
Thank you very much for the fast answer! T\_T Yes, in fact many times… when I run the command lines choco install haskell-dev refreshenv and try cabal install tidal I get this promt PS C:\WINDOWS\system32\> choco install haskell-dev Chocolatey v0.10.15 Installing the following packages: haskell-dev By installing you accept licenses for the packages. haskell-dev v0.0.1 already installed. Use --force to reinstall, specify a version to install, or try upgrade. Chocolatey installed 0/1 packages. See the log for details (C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log). Warnings: - haskell-dev - haskell-dev v0.0.1 already installed. Use --force to reinstall, specify a version to install, or try upgrade. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32\> refreshenv Refreshing environment variables from registry for cmd.exe. Please wait…Finished… PS C:\WINDOWS\system32\> cabal install tidal Resolving dependencies… Build profile: -w ghc-8.10.1 -O1 In order, the following will be built (use -v for more details): - network-3.1.1.1 (lib:network) (requires build) - hosc-0.17 (lib) (requires build) - tidal-1.4.9 (lib) (requires build) Starting network-3.1.1.1 (all, legacy fallback) Failed to build network-3.1.1.1. The failure occurred during the configure step. Build log ( C:\Users\SamuelGonzález\AppData\Roaming\cabal\logs\ghc-8.10.1\network-3.1.1.1-736b4596da292059fa9c4fc97025a47e7ac15be4.log ): Configuring network-3.1.1.1… configure: error: invalid variable name: `"–prefix’ cabal.exe: Failed to build network-3.1.1.1 (which is required by tidal-1.4.9). See the build log above for details. I’m not sure what I did wrong along the process, I’m pretty sure I followed all steps carefully D= ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Green](https://forum.toplap.org/user_avatar/forum.toplap.org/bryan_green/32/718_2.png) [@Bryan\_Green](https://forum.toplap.org/u/Bryan_Green)\ **Post date:** [15 May 2020 19:37 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/trouble-setting-up-tidal-stack-install/902/27 "2020-05-15T19:37:56Z")
I’m having similar issues, and this is after editing the cabal config file as mentioned elsewhere. ``` Failed to build network-3.1.1.1. The failure occurred during the configure step. Build log ( C:\Users\bcgre\AppData\Roaming\cabal\logs\ghc-8.10.1\network-3.1.1.1-34ecea2aa0f26ddbd9470c3b8701651fbbd5067d.log ): Configuring network-3.1.1.1... cabal.exe: The package has a './configure' script. If you are on Windows, This requires a Unix compatibility toolchain such as MinGW+MSYS or Cygwin. If you are not on Windows, ensure that an 'sh' command is discoverable in your path. cabal.exe: Failed to build network-3.1.1.1 (which is required by tidal-1.4.9). See the build log above for details. ``` [Previous page](https://forum.toplap.org/t/trouble-setting-up-tidal-stack-install/902.md?page=1)