I had ghc 8.10.1 (on Windows 10) that I installed back when choco was the recommended installation option. Now I wanted to update ghc and heard that ghcup is the new preferred way to install. I used ghcup according to the instructions and, as far as I can understand, the process concluded successfully without errors.
Here is a part of ghcup list:
X ghc 8.10.1 base-4.14.0.0
X ghc 8.10.2 base-4.14.1.0
X ghc 8.10.3 base-4.14.1.0
X ghc 8.10.4 base-4.14.1.0
X ghc 8.10.5 base-4.14.2.0
X ghc 8.10.6 base-4.14.3.0
IS ghc 8.10.7 recommended,base-4.14.3.0
X ghc 9.0.1 base-4.15.0.0
X ghc 9.0.2 base-4.15.1.0
X ghc 9.2.1 base-4.16.0.0
X ghc 9.2.2 base-4.16.1.0
X ghc 9.2.3 latest,base-4.16.2.0
However, ghc --version is still 8.10.1. Where might the installation have gone wrong and what can I do to get the newest versions of everything (including cabal and stack)?
The issue was fixed by adding C:\ghcup\bin to Path and moving it to the top. It seems that I had everything installed - it just wasn't added to Path.
I suppose that instead of moving the new path to the top I could have removed the old path but I wasn't sure what needed to be removed and didn't want to risk removing anything useful.