How To Install gtk2hs-buildtools on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2hs-buildtools in Fedora 36. gtk2hs-buildtools is Tools to build the Gtk2Hs suite of User Interface libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2hs-buildtools on Fedora 36.

What is gtk2hs-buildtools

This package provides a set of helper programs necessary to build the Gtk2Hs suite of libraries. These tools include a modified c2hs binding tool that is used to generate FFI declarations, a tool to build a type hierarchy that mirrors the C type hierarchy of GObjects found in glib, and a generator for signal declarations that are used to call back from C to Haskell. These tools are not needed to actually run Gtk2Hs programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install gtk2hs-buildtools on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gtk2hs-buildtools.

Install gtk2hs-buildtools 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 gtk2hs-buildtools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gtk2hs-buildtools

Install gtk2hs-buildtools 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 gtk2hs-buildtools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gtk2hs-buildtools

How To Uninstall gtk2hs-buildtools on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gtk2hs-buildtools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gtk2hs-buildtools

gtk2hs-buildtools Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/gtk2hsC2hs
/usr/bin/gtk2hsHookGenerator
/usr/bin/gtk2hsTypeGen
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/8fde6e5fa103da53f55103c317fab14066daca
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/ff9feb75be4c90c610ec4d336d5ff37a488ae0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/e5b04a3394561fb188e8a0e186085bae0df6eb

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2hs-buildtools on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).