How To Install ghc-terminfo on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is ghc-terminfo

This package provides the Haskell terminfo library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-terminfo

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-terminfo

How To Uninstall ghc-terminfo on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-terminfo

ghc-terminfo Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/4f5b8d410cdf956eaf91678eb861535f3f86cf
/usr/lib64/libHSterminfo-0.4.1.0-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-terminfo
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-terminfo/LICENSE

References

Summary

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