# Trying to install tidal on windows 10 machine **URL:** \ **Category:** TidalCycles\ **Tags:** installation\ **Created:** [18 May 2020 20:41 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026 "2020-05-18T20:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/Moi)\ **Post date:** [18 May 2020 20:41 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/1 "2020-05-18T20:41:52Z")
hi, trying to install tidal on a windows 10 lenovo laptop and I get this error message: Failed to build network-3.1.1.1 (which is required by tidal-1.4.9). See the build log above for details. This is the log: 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): - comonad-5.0.6 (lib:comonad) (requires build) - math-functions-0.3.4.0 (lib) (requires build) - network-3.1.1.1 (lib:network) (requires build) - bifunctors-5.5.7 (lib) (requires build) - mwc-random-0.14.0.0 (lib) (requires build) - hosc-0.17 (lib) (requires build) - tidal-1.4.9 (lib) (requires build) Starting comonad-5.0.6 (all, legacy fallback) Starting math-functions-0.3.4.0 (lib) Starting network-3.1.1.1 (all, legacy fallback) Building math-functions-0.3.4.0 (lib) Installing math-functions-0.3.4.0 (lib) Completed math-functions-0.3.4.0 (lib) Building comonad-5.0.6 (all, legacy fallback) Installing comonad-5.0.6 (all, legacy fallback) Completed comonad-5.0.6 (all, legacy fallback) How should I proceed? Thanks for your support. ---
**Author:** ![yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/yaxu/32/2_2.png) [@yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/yaxu)\ **Post date:** [18 May 2020 23:03 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/2 "2020-05-18T23:03:04Z")
Hi @Moi, how did you install haskell/ghc, was it through choco or another route? ---
**Author:** ![Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/Moi)\ **Post date:** [21 May 2020 20:00 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/4 "2020-05-21T20:00:55Z")
Hi @yaxu, thanks. The error message in Atom is: No configured ghc path Ghci command: ghci Ghc-pkg command: ghc-pkg Load BootTidal.hs from C:\Users\Moi Ici.atom\packages\tidalcycles\lib\BootTidal.hs t\> t\>syntax: :script the file at the end of the path C:\Users\Moi Ici.atom\packages\tidalcycles\lib\BootTidal.hs does exist. What can I do? Bests, \*st ---
**Author:** ![Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/Moi)\ **Post date:** [21 May 2020 20:23 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/5 "2020-05-21T20:23:15Z")
Hi @yaxu, yes, through choco. Thanks, \*st ---
**Author:** ![yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/yaxu/32/2_2.png) [@yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/yaxu)\ **Post date:** [21 May 2020 21:17 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/6 "2020-05-21T21:17:46Z")
Ah, this is a bug in Haskell, which will hopefully be fixed in the next version. Basically it can't cope with spaces in file paths. A workaround is creating a folder without spaces like `c:\tidal`, and copying the BootTidal.hs file there. Then in atom, go to edit \> preferences \> packages TidalCycles \> settings and change the BootTidal.hs path to `C:\tidal\BootTidal.hs` there. That should fix that. However maybe the Tidal library still isn't installed, due to this error with the network library.. ---
**Author:** ![Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/Moi)\ **Post date:** [24 May 2020 13:36 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/7 "2020-05-24T13:36:36Z")
Hi @yaxu, Thanks for explaining. I have created a c:\tidal folder and put the BootTidal.hs there. Also told Atom this boot path. After checking if the tidal library was installed I got this error message cabal.exe: Failed to build network-3.1.1.1 (which is required by tidal-1.5.0). See the build log above for details. Resolving dependencies... Build profile: -w ghc-8.10.1 -O1 In order, the following will be built (use -v for more details): - bifunctors-5.5.7 (lib) (requires build) - network-3.1.1.1 (lib:network) (requires build) - hosc-0.17 (lib) (requires build) - tidal-1.5.0 (lib) (requires download & build) Downloading tidal-1.5.0 Starting bifunctors-5.5.7 (lib) Starting network-3.1.1.1 (all, legacy fallback) Downloaded tidal-1.5.0 Building bifunctors-5.5.7 (lib) Installing bifunctors-5.5.7 (lib) Completed bifunctors-5.5.7 (lib) Failed to build network-3.1.1.1. The failure occurred during the configure step. Build log ( C:\Users\Moi Ici\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. What can I do now? Thanks again, \*st ---
**Author:** ![Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/Moi)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2020 09:11 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/8 "2020-05-28T09:11:44Z")
Hi @yaxu, do you have any ideas what I might try here? Thanks, \*st ---
**Author:** ![yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/yaxu/32/2_2.png) [@yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/yaxu)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2020 09:58 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/9 "2020-05-28T09:58:53Z")
Hi, sorry for missing this + thanks for the nudge. Does this help at all? ```haskell choco install haskell-dev msys2 refreshenv cabal install tidal --lib ``` ---
**Author:** ![Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/Moi)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2020 10:23 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/10 "2020-05-28T10:23:51Z")
Thanks, @yaxu. Ran this code and it gives me a "cannot handle space in path" error again. Maybe I should rename the user name to ensure space-free filepaths in the future? ---
**Author:** ![kit-christopher](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/kit-christopher/32/686_2.png) [@kit-christopher](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/kit-christopher)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2020 13:13 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/11 "2020-05-28T13:13:27Z")
i know that for my (sorta recent) install on Windows 10, i had to use Cygwin to run all the inital command line stuff. not sure if anything's changed since then... ---
**Author:** ![yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/yaxu/32/2_2.png) [@yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/yaxu)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2020 13:30 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/12 "2020-05-28T13:30:23Z")
Hmm, interesting.. Maybe you could create a new user without a space, and see if it works there? Or maybe cygwin can work as @kit-christopher suggests, but I don't know how to do that.. ---
**Author:** ![kit-christopher](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/kit-christopher/32/686_2.png) [@kit-christopher](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/kit-christopher)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2020 14:00 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/13 "2020-05-28T14:00:54Z")
the Cygwin application worked like a charm. surprisingly very simple and not frustrating 🙂 just download the application and then do anything you'd normally do in the terminal/command prompt window. ---
**Author:** ![Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/Moi)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2020 14:30 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/14 "2020-05-28T14:30:38Z")
Thanks @kit-christopher, that's precisely the point where my wits left me last time around. Where can download the app, please? I just tried and lots of weird things happend including opera starting by itself telling me to test a free vpn and a fast adblocker in my browser....So I'd be grateful for a safe link to cygwin installer for a windows 10 64 . Thanks\*st ---
**Author:** ![kit-christopher](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/kit-christopher/32/686_2.png) [@kit-christopher](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/kit-christopher)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2020 14:38 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/15 "2020-05-28T14:38:02Z")
try this: [https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html](https://cygwin.com/mirrors.html) ---
**Author:** ![Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/Moi)\ **Post date:** [7 June 2020 15:25 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/16 "2020-06-07T15:25:53Z")
Hi @yaxu, created a new user, installed Atom, Supercollider, Haskell and Tidal. When running cabal install tidal it seems to install successfully. When attempting to play a sound in Atom I now receive the error message below. I don't think I've installed Haskell twice. What could I try now? Thank you, \*st t\>: error: Could not find module `Sound.Tidal.Context' It is not a module in the current program, or in any known package. Variable not in scope: d1 :: t0 -\> t ``` * Variable not in scope: sound :: [Char] -> t0 * Perhaps you meant `round' (imported from Prelude) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/Moi)\ **Post date:** [7 June 2020 15:35 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/17 "2020-06-07T15:35:21Z")
Hey @yaxu, problem solved! Thanks for your support! \*st ---
**Author:** ![nuelmyr](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/nuelmyr/32/291_2.png) [@nuelmyr](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/nuelmyr)\ **Post date:** [8 June 2020 17:54 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/18 "2020-06-08T17:54:03Z")
Hi @Moi I have the same problem with Sound.Tudal.Context How did you solve it? ---
**Author:** ![yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/yaxu/32/2_2.png) [@yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/yaxu)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2020 07:20 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/19 "2020-06-09T07:20:02Z")
I think it was the problem where haskell can't cope with folders with spaces in. The work around is to copy BootTidal.hs to e.g. c:\tidal and change the setting in the atom TidalCycles package to point there ---
**Author:** ![Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Moi](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/Moi)\ **Post date:** [9 June 2020 10:31 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/trying-to-install-tidal-on-windows-10-machine/1026/20 "2020-06-09T10:31:26Z")
Hi @nuelmyr, I did all the things I decribed above and double checked that haskell wasn't installed twice. In the end a simple reboot solved it. bests, \*st