"ghc-pkg field tidal data-dir" does not work anymore

[andrea bertagnolli]

In the startup process when there's no custom BootTidal path and no BootTidal.hs file in the current directory, the plugin tries to load it from tidal installation.

But this error appears:

> cannot get tidal installation folder Error: Command failed: "/home/andrea/.ghcup/bin/ghc-pkg" field tidal data-dir
ghc-pkg: cannot find package tidal

same if I try to exec the command from the terminal:

ghc-pkg field tidal data-dir

I get

ghc-pkg: cannot find package tidal

but tidal is installed

[andrea bertagnolli]

Tried to pass through cabal but, if I execute cabal list tidal I get:

* tidal
    Synopsis: Pattern language for improvised music
    Default available version: 1.7.8
    Installed versions: [ Not installed ]
    Homepage: http://tidalcycles.org/
    License:  GPL-3

why it's labeled as "Not installed"?

[andrea bertagnolli]

watching inside the folder ~/.ghcup/ghc/9.0.1/lib/ghc-9.0.1/package.conf.d/
there's a .conf file for every package listed by ghc-pkg list, and tidal is missing

[andrea bertagnolli]

Seems like there's a new way to get this information: https://club.tidalcycles.org/t/finding-the-boottidal-hs-file-mac/4258/3?u=ndr_brt

[andrea bertagnolli]

actually seems to work now, tested with ghc 9.0.2 and 9.4.4