How To Install ghc-pretty-show on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-pretty-show in Fedora 36. ghc-pretty-show is Tools for working with derived Show instances and generic inspection of values

Introduction

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

What is ghc-pretty-show

We provide a library and an executable for working with derived ‘Show’ instances. By using the library, we can parse derived ‘Show’ instances into a generic data structure. The ‘ppsh’ tool uses the library to produce human-readable versions of ‘Show’ instances, which can be quite handy for debugging Haskell programs. We can also render complex generic values into an interactive Html page, for easier examination.

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

Install ghc-pretty-show 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-pretty-show using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-pretty-show

Install ghc-pretty-show 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-pretty-show using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-pretty-show

How To Uninstall ghc-pretty-show on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-pretty-show

ghc-pretty-show Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/48ca3117af3c3898af9b5ca5c62dc0f1a5792e
/usr/lib64/libHSpretty-show-1.10-jI5AqYpLoz98dMARTaePi-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-pretty-show
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-pretty-show/LICENSE
/usr/share/pretty-show-1.10
/usr/share/pretty-show-1.10/style
/usr/share/pretty-show-1.10/style/jquery.js
/usr/share/pretty-show-1.10/style/pretty-show.css
/usr/share/pretty-show-1.10/style/pretty-show.js

References

Summary

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