diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md index cc58e967ec..12abc3aa23 100644 --- a/docs/installation.md +++ b/docs/installation.md @@ -136,18 +136,9 @@ To install, download the `haskell-language-server-wrapper` executable for your p ## Arch Linux The preferred method of installation for development purposes is to use the [haskell-language-server-static](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/haskell-language-server-static) package from AUR. -This package contains statically linked binaries for each supported GHC version and `haskell-language-server-wrapper` for automatic GHC version selection. +This package contains pre-built binaries for each supported GHC version and `haskell-language-server-wrapper` for automatic GHC version selection. It is updated regularly, requires no additional dependencies, and is independent of other haskell packages you may have on your system, including GHC. -Its size is relatively large (approx. 900 MB), but if this is a problem for you, during installation you can disable the GHC versions you will not be using by editing the PKGBUILD file. -Alternatively, if you want to use **dynamically linked** Haskell packages from `pacman`, -you can install the latest pre-compiled version of `haskell-language-server` from [[community]](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/haskell-language-server/): - -```bash -sudo pacman -S haskell-language-server -``` - -In this case, `haskell-language-server` is compiled against the GHC distributed to Arch Linux, so you will need maintain a system wide Haskell development environment, and install GHC from `pacman` as well. See [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Haskell) for the details of Haskell infrastructure on Arch Linux. ## Fedora