How To Install ghc-zlib on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-zlib in Fedora 36. ghc-zlib is Compression and decompression in the gzip and zlib formats

Introduction

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

What is ghc-zlib

This package provides a pure interface for compressing and decompressing streams of data represented as lazy ‘ByteString’s. It uses the <https It supports the “zlib”, “gzip” and “raw” compression formats. It provides a convenient high level API suitable for most tasks and for the few cases where more control is needed it provides access to the full zlib feature set.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-zlib

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-zlib

How To Uninstall ghc-zlib on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-zlib

ghc-zlib Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/48dd12143aeb8aa5fdec36073098e398b8ee0c
/usr/lib64/libHSzlib-0.6.2.3-1TbqDLOHj1L5XkI29UmFHV-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-zlib
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-zlib/LICENSE

References

Summary

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