How To Install ghc-ieee754 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-ieee754 in Fedora 36. ghc-ieee754 is Utilities for dealing with IEEE floating point numbers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-ieee754 on Fedora 36.

What is `ghc-ieee754`

Utilities for dealing with IEEE floating point numbers, ported from the Tango math library; approximate and exact equality comparisons for general types.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-ieee754 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-ieee754.

Install ghc-ieee754 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-ieee754 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-ieee754

Install ghc-ieee754 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-ieee754 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-ieee754

How To Uninstall ghc-ieee754 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ghc-ieee754 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghc-ieee754

ghc-ieee754 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/f470a0410009e08bfbab3eeb0eb9bc0d2671ba
/usr/lib64/libHSieee754-0.8.0-CHSaaJtgXtAIvy6hnwP5XY-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-ieee754
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-ieee754/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-ieee754/LICENSE.Tango

References

ghc-ieee754 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-ieee754 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).