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# Developing
To work on IHaskell's source code, there is a Nix flake that provides a developer environment. Note that Nix flakes require at least Nix 2.4. Besides that, `flakes` must be listed in the `experimental-features` of the Nix config, depending on the Nix version.
IHaskell is regularly updated to work with the latest version of GHC. To read how this is done, and how the development environment is set up, please see [this blog post](https://vaibhavsagar.com/blog/2021/05/02/updating-ihaskell-newer-ghc).
## Nix flake
There is also a Nix flake that provides a developer environment. For details on Nix flakes, please see the documentation at https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes.
After this, IHaskell can be compiled as follows:
@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ cabal update # Make sure Cabal's package index is up-to-date
cabal build # Builds IHaskell
```
Note that this shell also provides haskell-language-server, which can be used in your editor if it supports it.
Note that this shell also provides `haskell-language-server`, which can be used in your editor if it supports it. Opening your editor from within the `nix develop` shell should allow it to see `haskell-language-server`.
# Troubleshooting