neuron is hard to install - Neuron

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Cow

First, I tried installing directly from stack but failed with having different way to solve dependencies.
Then, I tried nix method, which settings is really hard for nonnix user, e.g. dealing with aur system ctl and frustrating user group and permission s.
To conclude, installing neuron is a challenging task and keep ordinary users out.

Sridhar Ratnakumar

dealing with aur system ctl and frustrating user group and permission s.

Could you elaborate on this?

Sridhar Ratnakumar

https://github.com/srid/neuron/issues/183 should obviate the Nix requirement, but it needs help.

As someone else commented on lobste.rs, it would be nice to have pre-generated static binaries so users who don't have Nix and Haskell setup don't have to install a whole new toolchain to u...