How To Install ghc-haskell-src-exts on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-haskell-src-exts in Fedora 36. ghc-haskell-src-exts is Library for manipulating Haskell source

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-haskell-src-exts on Fedora 36.

What is `ghc-haskell-src-exts`

Haskell-Source with Extensions is an extension of the standard haskell-src package, and handles most registered syntactic extensions to Haskell, including * Multi-parameter type classes with functional dependencies * Indexed type families (including associated types) * Empty data declarations * GADTs * Implicit parameters * Template Haskell and a few more. All extensions implemented in GHC are supported. Apart from these standard extensions, it also handles regular patterns as per the HaRP extension as well as HSX-style embedded XML syntax.

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

Install ghc-haskell-src-exts 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-haskell-src-exts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-haskell-src-exts

Install ghc-haskell-src-exts 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-haskell-src-exts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-haskell-src-exts

How To Uninstall ghc-haskell-src-exts on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ghc-haskell-src-exts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghc-haskell-src-exts

ghc-haskell-src-exts Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/8bdac4aa82534b00082ba2315c81f981bb0346
/usr/lib64/libHShaskell-src-exts-1.23.1-I89mDdtGXCaEbktCYpfV6E-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-haskell-src-exts
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-haskell-src-exts/LICENSE

References

ghc-haskell-src-exts website

Summary

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