How To Install haskell-platform on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install haskell-platform on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is haskell-platform
haskell-platform is:
The Haskell Platform is a suite of tools and libraries that contain the most important and best supported components. It is meant to be a starting point for Haskell developers who are looking for libraries to use.
Installing this meta package will also install the Debian packages containing the libraries and tools as specified in the official Haskell Platform, in the version available in Debian. This may or may not be the version specified in the platform. If this is of relevance to you, please check them on the official Haskell Platform homepage.
There are three methods to install haskell-platform on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install haskell-platform Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install haskell-platform using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install haskell-platform
Install haskell-platform Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install haskell-platform using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install haskell-platform
Install haskell-platform Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install haskell-platform using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install haskell-platform
How To Uninstall haskell-platform on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the haskell-platform package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove haskell-platform
Uninstall haskell-platform And Its Dependencies
To uninstall haskell-platform and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove haskell-platform
Remove haskell-platform Configurations and Data
To remove haskell-platform configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge haskell-platform
Remove haskell-platform configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove haskell-platform configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge haskell-platform
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install haskell-platform package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
