I'm on a Mac running 10.15.7 which is what I was using when it worked.
I have attempted to uninstall and reinstall everything but the error is the same:
Choose **ghc** base path
> no custom path configured
*** use ghcup default path**
Ghci command: /Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghci Ghc-pkg command: /Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghc-pkg
Choose **BootTidal.hs** path
> no custom path configured
> not found in current directory
> cannot get tidal installation folder Error: Command failed: "/Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghc-pkg" field tidal data-dir /bin/sh: /Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghc-pkg: No such file or directory
*** use the default contained in the plugin**
* load BootTidal.hs from /Users/david/.atom/packages/tidalcycles/lib/BootTidal.hs
Cannot browse tidal to obtain informations for autocomplete: Error: Command failed: echo ":browse Sound.Tidal.Context" | "/Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghci" /bin/sh: /Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghci: No such file or directory
t> /bin/sh: /Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghci: No such file or directory
I am not a smart man. Please help. I have tried to install Haskell via ghcup separately as well as the automatic installation script. My attempts to follow the uninstall instructions ( Open a terminal window and type uninstall-hs . This command will delete many things Haskell related from your computer.) failed as it told me uninstall is not a command.
When I first installed this about two years ago it worked immediately - and I honestly can't tell you if I have changed anything significant on my laptop (I don't think I have...)
i feel like this has happened to me before, too, and i can't remember exactly what i did to fix it. i think what atom is telling you is that it is looking for a custom boottidal path when what you probably need to do is have it look for the default path, which is to say, nothing. if you try removing the boottidal path name under settings and then restart/re-boot and have it scan for the default instead, does it resolve the issue?
I’ll try that when I’m home and report back. It’s weird because it was working fine and I stopped for a year because my brain wasn’t feeling like coding and now I return and…oh no.
Cannot browse tidal to obtain informations for autocomplete: Error: Command failed: echo ":browse Sound.Tidal.Context" | "/Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghci" /bin/sh: /Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghci: No such file or directory
t> /bin/sh: /Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghci: No such file or directory
That was the first thing I tried and the error messages continue (just seem to change). Honestly I’m using this as a sign it might be time for a clean install of my OS anyway!
It looks like ghcup has at least one important file missing. You could delete it by removing the ~/.ghcup folder. From the commandline you could do this with: rm ~/.ghcup.
You could then try installing ghcup again. Or maybe you already have haskell installed another way, in which can removing ghcup might be enough to get it working again.
OK, completely clean install of OS, new install of Tidal using the command line and still getting this error
Cannot browse tidal to obtain informations for autocomplete: Error: Command failed: echo ":browse Sound.Tidal.Context" | "/Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghci" /bin/sh: /Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghci: No such file or directory
t> /bin/sh: /Users/david/.ghcup/bin/ghci: No such file or directory
So I have it working now - but not entirely sure how. I will avoid messing with it and hope it continues. I appreciate everyone's help and I am excited to get back into it.
Did you manage to fix it?
I've been having the same problem on a macOs Big Sur 11.6: I can't get the Tidal pluggin to find the folder with the update. I've tried everything I've found on the forums with no result.
Even now, installing Pulsar I thought I could get it to do it, but I haven't been able to do it either.
I'm currently using the old version 1.7.8 and the only way I've been able to get it to work is by following this thread
If you have a good Haskell with ghci, my suggestion is to re-install Tidal. A simple test for Haskell is to type "ghci" at the terminal. If you get a message about GHCi, and a ghci> prompt, your Haskell is working. If ghci errors, then you have deeper problems and need to fix your Haskell environment first.
I recently tried to upgrade my Tidal version, had problems, and ended up doing a clean install of Tidal packages. To do this, first remove ~/.ghc and ~/.cabal or rename then as in: mv ~/.ghc ~/.ghcBCK. Then you can run the cabal commands to install with dependencies. See yaxu's direction above. But use cabal update not the v1-update. I don't think that exists.