# Install dhall-lsp-server with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Language Server Protocol (LSP) server for Dhall. Version 1.1.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#dhall-lsp-server.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dhall-lsp-server
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dhall-lsp-server
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dhall-lsp-server
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: dhall-lsp-server from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S dhall-lsp-server
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: dhall-lsp-server from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:dhall-lsp-server
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.4
- **Source summary:** Language Server Protocol (LSP) server for Dhall
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-haskell/tree/main/dhall-lsp-server>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-haskell>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T03:56:38Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dhall-lsp-server (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.4
## Project history and usage

dhall-lsp-server is the editor-facing language server for Dhall. It packages the Dhall implementation as an LSP backend so editors can surface diagnostics, hover types, completion, formatting, linting, and import-related actions while users edit configuration files.

### Project history

The dhall-lsp-server README places it inside the dhall-haskell project as the actual LSP server backend. It distinguishes the backend from VSCode/ium client extensions and says the server implements language features in an editor-agnostic way.

### Adoption history

The official text-editor configuration guide documents use with Vim, Emacs, and Visual Studio Code-style environments, while the dhall-lsp-server README describes the VSCode/ium plugin pairing. That is adoption in the developer-tooling sense: the package makes Dhall usable as something edited with feedback, not just batch-rendered into JSON or YAML.

### How it is used

Users install dhall-lsp-server, put it on PATH, and configure an editor LSP client to launch it for Dhall files. Official docs describe completion, document formatting, hover, parse/type diagnostics, clickable imports, freeze/refreeze import actions, and formatting/linting commands.

### Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, dhall-lsp-server is the piece that turns a compiler-oriented language package into a daily editor dependency. It also shows the modern split between language core packages, editor client extensions, and a separately packaged server binary.

### Timeline

- 2017: dhall-haskell public releases included the broader Dhall toolchain that dhall-lsp-server later ships within.
- 2026: Official Dhall documentation continues to document editor configuration around dhall-lsp-server.

### Related projects

- vscode-language-dhall supplies syntax highlighting, vscode-dhall-lsp-server supplies an LSP client extension, and dhall-haskell supplies the backend package. dhall-json and other sibling packages provide non-editor command-line integrations.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-haskell/tree/main/dhall-lsp-server>
- <https://docs.dhall-lang.org/howtos/Text-editor-configuration.html>
- <https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-haskell>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/dhall-lang/dhall-haskell/releases?per_page=100>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - dhall-lsp-server: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: dhall-lsp-server from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- pacman - dhall-lsp-server - 1.1.4-175: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dhall-lsp-server from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Language Server Protocol (LSP) server for Dhall | https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-haskell/tree/master/dhall-lsp-server#readme


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dhall-lsp-server.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dhall-lsp-server.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph