How to create a package to upload to Hackage?

Question

How do I generate the appropriate package file?

The hackage upload page has a link to: https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/installing-packages.html#setup-sdist but after reading that I'm still unsure.

I've tried:

cabal setup sdist
cabal: unrecognised command: setup (try --help)

As well as:

setup sdist
zsh: command not found: setup

Do you mean, the `yourproject.cabal` file (you must have that in order for cabal to do anything at all with your project!) or the `yourpackage-0.1.0.0.tar.gz` tarball that can be uploaded to Hackage? — leftaroundabout, Aug 20 '17 at 18:32
Sounds like you are looking for `cabal sdist`? Seems as if `setup` in the documentation is overloaded and refers to either `cabal` or `runhaskell ./Setup.hs` https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/installing-packages.html#building-and-installing-packages — ppb, Aug 20 '17 at 18:43
Here is a useful guide: https://functor.tokyo/blog/2018-07-16-release-haskell-packages-to-hackage — Chris Stryczynski, Jul 16 '18 at 15:14

Chris Stryczynski · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-14T17:59:16.417

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To generate the package:

Thanks to @ppb

edited Jul 14 '18 at 17:59

answered Aug 20 '17 at 19:26

Chris Stryczynski

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