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---
title: Installation
author: Jasper Van der Jeugt
---

Installation
------------

Installation is provided via Hackage, and some packages are available for
different distributions. For installation from source (i.e. via Hackage),
[stack] is recommended:

    $ stack install hakyll

[stack]: http://www.haskellstack.org/

Linux distro packages:

- [Debian unstable](http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/haskell-hakyll)

Building the example site
-------------------------

Apart from the main Hakyll library, the cabal package also provides you with an
executable `hakyll-init` to create an example site. This is an easy way to get
started:

    $ hakyll-init my-site

This creates a folder `my-site` in the current directory, with some example
content and a generic configuration.

If `hakyll-init` is not found, you should make sure your stack bin path
(usually `$HOME/.local/bin`) is in your `$PATH`. You can check your stack local
bin path by running `stack path --local-bin-path`.

The file `site.hs` holds the configuration of your site, as an executable
haskell program. We can compile and run it like this:

    $ cd my-site
    $ stack init  # Optional, if you haven't used stack before
    $ stack build
    $ stack exec site build

If you installed `hakyll` with a preview server (this is the default), you can
now use

    $ stack exec site watch

and have a look at your site at
[http://localhost:8000/](http://localhost:8000/).