Questions tagged [haskell-ng]

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Nix and Haskell-ng install error : attribute ‘nixpkgs’ in selection path ‘nixpkgs.haskellEnv’ not found

I am following this guide to set up nix and haskell-ng. But when I get to the step nix-env -iA nixpkgs.haskellEnv then I get the error: error: attribute ‘nixpkgs’ in selection path ‘nixpkgs.haskellEnv’ not found Any idea what is going wrong?
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What is haskellng? What is the difference between 'haskellPackages' and 'haskellngPackages'?

I have been reading this StackOverflow post in which we are advised to use the haskellng package set. I have also read this but I did not understand what haskellng is. I have read this too, but I still don't know what haskellng is. Could someone…
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