# Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) install issue **URL:** \ **Category:** TidalCycles\ **Tags:** installation\ **Created:** [15 June 2020 20:30 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450 "2020-06-15T20:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nik](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/nik/32/796_2.png) [@nik](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/nik)\ **Post date:** [15 June 2020 20:30 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/1 "2020-06-15T20:30:09Z")
I'd like to get Tidal running on my linux laptop, running Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS. I installed cabal-install with apt-get, and tried to "cabal install tidal." The installation fails because of a problem with hosc-0.18. I'm new to haskell and cabal. Can anyone suggest a workaround? Thanks. ``` cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: hosc-0.18 failed during the building phase. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 tidal-1.6.0 depends on hosc-0.18 which failed to install. ``` the buildlog says: > Configuring hosc-0.18... > Building hosc-0.18... > Preprocessing library hosc-0.18... > [1 of 18] Compiling Sound.OSC.Wait ( Sound/OSC/Wait.hs, dist/build/Sound/OSC/Wait.o ) > [2 of 18] Compiling Sound.OSC.Coding.Convert ( Sound/OSC/Coding/Convert.hs, dist/build/Sound/OSC/Coding/Convert.o ) > [3 of 18] Compiling Sound.OSC.Time ( Sound/OSC/Time.hs, dist/build/Sound/OSC/Time.o ) > [4 of 18] Compiling Sound.OSC.Datum ( Sound/OSC/Datum.hs, dist/build/Sound/OSC/Datum.o ) > [5 of 18] Compiling Sound.OSC.Packet ( Sound/OSC/Packet.hs, dist/build/Sound/OSC/Packet.o ) > [6 of 18] Compiling Sound.OSC.Coding.Cast ( Sound/OSC/Coding/Cast.hs, dist/build/Sound/OSC/Coding/Cast.o ) > [7 of 18] Compiling Sound.OSC.Coding.Byte ( Sound/OSC/Coding/Byte.hs, dist/build/Sound/OSC/Coding/Byte.o ) > > Sound/OSC/Coding/Byte.hs:37:32: > Not in scope: โ€˜Put.putInt16leโ€™ > Perhaps you meant โ€˜Put.putWord16leโ€™ (imported from Data.Binary.Put) ---
**Author:** ![mashaal](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/mashaal/32/2100_2.png) [@mashaal](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mashaal)\ **Post date:** [15 June 2020 22:08 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/2 "2020-06-15T22:08:43Z")
I ran into this issue on a fresh install last night. I had to install tidal 1.5.2, which installs an older version of hosc. After that install succeeded I was able to upgrade to 1.6.0 ``` cabal install tidal-1.5.2 ``` ---
**Author:** ![nik](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/nik/32/796_2.png) [@nik](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/nik)\ **Post date:** [15 June 2020 23:37 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/3 "2020-06-15T23:37:08Z")
Thanks! That worked for me too. After ``` cabal install tidal-1.5.2 ``` I could upgrade to 1.6.0 with ``` cabal install tidal ``` ---
**Author:** ![cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/cleary/32/177_2.png) [@cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/cleary)\ **Post date:** [16 June 2020 01:12 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/4 "2020-06-16T01:12:49Z")
awesome, thanks for posting this - I'm working on some installation automation using ansible, and [ran into the same error on Mint 19.3](https://club.tidalcycles.org/t/new-ansible-method-for-installing-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-debian-10-buster-and-potentially-other-debian-based-linux-distros-not-mint-19-3/544/33) I may be able to add support all the way back to 16.04 now ๐Ÿ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![mashaal](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/mashaal/32/2100_2.png) [@mashaal](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mashaal)\ **Post date:** [16 June 2020 01:37 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/5 "2020-06-16T01:37:36Z")
Not sure what the hosc bug is, but maybe tidal can pin the older dependency until itโ€™s resolved? @yaxu [https://github.com/tidalcycles/Tidal/commit/d6bdf993254847dca150b12c7d09b777c63e4d0a](https://github.com/tidalcycles/Tidal/commit/d6bdf993254847dca150b12c7d09b777c63e4d0a) ---
**Author:** ![lxyxpx](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/lxyxpx/32/19_2.png) [@lxyxpx](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/lxyxpx)\ **Post date:** [16 June 2020 08:47 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/6 "2020-06-16T08:47:33Z")
Hi all, We're looking at this problem and how to fix it here: [https://github.com/rd--/hosc/pull/2](https://github.com/rd--/hosc/pull/2) For now a workaround would be to install hosc-0.17 before tidal (effectively this is what installing a prior version of tidal does): ```nohighlight cabal install hosc-0.17 --lib cabal install tidal --lib ``` ---
**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:** [16 June 2020 12:21 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/7 "2020-06-16T12:21:58Z")
hosc-0.18.1 is out now which hopefully solves this issue ---
**Author:** ![mashaal](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/mashaal/32/2100_2.png) [@mashaal](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mashaal)\ **Post date:** [16 June 2020 13:16 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/8 "2020-06-16T13:16:02Z")
It works, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/cleary/32/177_2.png) [@cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/cleary)\ **Post date:** [17 June 2020 00:50 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/9 "2020-06-17T00:50:46Z")
Thanks @yaxu and @lxyxpx! ---
**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:** [17 June 2020 07:30 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/10 "2020-06-17T07:30:57Z")
The mysterious @lxyxpx was me accidentally using a test account ๐Ÿ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/cleary/32/177_2.png) [@cleary](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/cleary)\ **Post date:** [17 June 2020 10:45 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/ubuntu-16-04-xenial-install-issue/1450/11 "2020-06-17T10:45:30Z")
You could've had some fun with that .. ah well ๐Ÿ˜‰