How To Install ghc-pretty on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is ghc-pretty

This package provides the Haskell pretty library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-pretty

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-pretty

How To Uninstall ghc-pretty on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-pretty

ghc-pretty Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/b48a3cc53d6450f15b6e21e21f793affdc3007
/usr/lib64/libHSpretty-1.1.3.3-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-pretty
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-pretty/LICENSE

References

Summary

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