If you're using cabal to install applications from hackage, it gets a bit hairy. But if you just want to resolve your dependencies mkdir project cabal

If you're using cabal to install applications from hackage, it gets a bit hairy. But if you just want to resolve your dependencies mkdir project cabal sandbox init cabal install dependency cabal repl # for a ghci instance inside the sandbox Recommended is still to generate a .cabal file and specify your dependencies there.