How To Install ghc-cborg on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-cborg in Fedora 36. ghc-cborg is Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-cborg on Fedora 36.

What is `ghc-cborg`

This package provides an efficient implementation of the Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR), as specified by [RFC 7049](https If you are looking for a library for serialisation of Haskell values, have a look at the serialise package, which is built upon this library. An implementation of the standard bijection between CBOR and JSON is provided by the cborg-json package. Also see cbor-tool for a convenient command-line utility for working with CBOR data. This package was formerly known as ‘binary-serialise-cbor’.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-cborg on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-cborg.

Install ghc-cborg on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-cborg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-cborg

Install ghc-cborg on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-cborg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-cborg

How To Uninstall ghc-cborg on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ghc-cborg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghc-cborg

ghc-cborg Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/869c47cf3cb267a9ff5c09350b408ca6c1c73f
/usr/lib64/libHScborg-0.2.5.0-4aWBd6WW3yyLJEh8E3tX9l-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-cborg
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-cborg/LICENSE.txt

References

ghc-cborg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-cborg on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).