hakyll-init command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix hakyll-init command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

hakyll-init: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hakyll-init: command not found

Solutions to hakyll-init: command not found

How To Fix hakyll-init: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu hakyll-init is provided by libghc-hakyll-dev package.

libghc-hakyll-dev is:

Hakyll is a static website compiler library. It provides you with the tools to create a simple or advanced static website using a Haskell DSL and formats such as markdown or RST. You can find more information, including a tutorial, on the website:

http://jaspervdj.be/hakyll

This package provides a library for the Haskell programming language. See http://www.haskell.org/ for more information on Haskell.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install libghc-hakyll-dev

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install libghc-hakyll-dev.

sudo apt -y install libghc-hakyll-dev

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install libghc-hakyll-dev

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix hakyll-init command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.