How To Install ghc-binary on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-binary on Rocky Linux 8. ghc-binary is Haskell binary library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-binary on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ghc-binary

This package provides the Haskell binary library.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-binary on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-binary.

Install ghc-binary on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-binary using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-binary

Install ghc-binary on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-binary using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-binary

How To Uninstall ghc-binary on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-binary

ghc-binary Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/3b8bae7052c0ed334e4257c4f6740509fdcfc5
/usr/lib64/libHSbinary-0.8.5.1-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-binary
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-binary/LICENSE

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-binary on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.