How To Install ghc-unix on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-unix`

This package provides the Haskell unix library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-unix

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-unix

How To Uninstall ghc-unix on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-unix

ghc-unix Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/ac452aa906360fa0aad4bba430655506c7846b
/usr/lib64/libHSunix-2.7.2.2-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-unix
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-unix/LICENSE

References

ghc-unix website

Summary

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