Where to install Stack on Windows? (C:\stack_root or APPDATA?)

[Béla Juhász]

Hi!

After reading the Installation guide[1], I wasn't really sure where to install Stack.

According to one part of the guide[2], I should install it into "%APPDATA%\local\bin", but another part[3] says that I should put it into "C:\stack_root\" (and then set the STACK_ROOT environment variable accordingly).

Could you please tell me, what destination folder should I choose for the install location when running the stack-*-windows-i386-installer.exe?

Thank you in advance,

Bela

[1] https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/blob/master/doc/install_and_upgrade.md

[2] https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/blob/master/doc/install_and_upgrade.md#path

[3] https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/blob/master/doc/install_and_upgrade.md#windows

[Emanuel Borsboom]

The `STACK_ROOT` location is where Stack puts its data, not where the `stack` executable itself should be installed. The executable is best installed in `%APPDATA%\local\bin`, since that's the default location where `stack install` puts executables it builds, and means `stack upgrade` will work.

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[Béla Juhász]

Hi Emanuel,

thank you for your answer!

The `STACK_ROOT` location is where Stack puts its data, not where the `stack` executable itself should be installed. The executable is best installed in `%APPDATA%\local\bin`, since that's the default location where `stack install` puts executables it builds, and means `stack upgrade` will work.

Great! I just moved the stack.exe and uninstall-stack.exe into %APPDATA%\local\bin.

Thanks again,

Bela