"/BootTidal.hs" does not exist - linux emacs

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first time installer here! had the usual '"/BootTidal.hs" does not exist' error when trying to start up in emacs for the first time.
so following the instructions here: Emacs Extension for the workaround to get 'BootTidal.hs' in the startup path, but when i do this:

Configuring tidal-0.9.10...
Building tidal-0.9.10...
Installed tidal-0.9.10
[xxx@xxx ~]$ ghc-pkg describe $(ghc-pkg latest tidal) | grep data-dir | cut -f2 -d' '
/home/xxx/.cabal/share/x86_64-linux-ghc-8.4.4/tidal-0.9.10

[xxx@xxx ~]$ ls /home/xxx/.cabal/share/x86_64-linux-ghc-8.4.4/
colour-2.3.5 hosc-0.16

really strange. it seems that in this case '/BootTidal.hs" in fact does not exist! what did i do wrong?

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I ended up with a similar problem once. I don't remember what I did exactly to fix it, but have you specified a path for your BootTidal.hs? Try adding the following line to your configuration:

(setq tidal-boot-script-path "~/.cabal/share/x86_64-osx-ghc-8.8.4/tidal-1.7.4/BootTidal.hs")

Btw, are you using Tidal 0.9?

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Btw, are you using Tidal 0.9?
that's the version that is built when i do
cabal new-install tidal

when i try
[xxx@xxx ~]$ cabal v1-update
cabal: unrecognised command: v1-update (try --help)

[xxx@xxx ~]$ ghci
GHCi, version 8.4.4: Glasgow Haskell Compiler — The Glasgow Haskell Compiler :? for help

is that haskell version out of date? do i have to have 8.8.4 installed in order for v1-update to work?

to further muddy the waters (heh) i installed stack and ran
stack install tidal
which did build tidal in some bizarre location but i don't know how to use that library with emacs ...
[xxx@xxx ~]$ locate BootTidal.hs
/home/xxx/.stack/snapshots/x86_64-linux-tinfo6/a48af8cc0c5da2022524b3db70509f2da3cc9cc432eb1760a5e61ed870c6bff7/8.10.4/share/x86_64-linux-ghc-8.10.4/tidal-1.6.1/BootTidal.hs
i'm sorry but i'm just not that familiar with Haskell or this way of building and installing things.

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ok, after installing ghc and cabal and all from other sources (not the fedora packages in other words) - i finally got it going!

looking forward to playing ...

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