How To Install ghc-binary-devel on CentOS 8

ghc-binary-devel is Haskell binary library development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-binary-devel on CentOS 8.

What is `ghc-binary-devel`

This package provides the Haskell binary library development files.

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

Install ghc-binary-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-binary-devel

Install ghc-binary-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-binary-devel

How To Uninstall ghc-binary-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-binary-devel

ghc-binary-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Builder.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Builder.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Builder.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Class.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Class.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Class.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/FloatCast.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/FloatCast.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/FloatCast.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Generic.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Generic.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Generic.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Get
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Get.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Get.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Get.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Get/Internal.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Get/Internal.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Get/Internal.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Internal.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Internal.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Internal.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Put.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Put.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/Data/Binary/Put.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/libHSbinary-0.8.5.1.a
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/binary-0.8.5.1/libHSbinary-0.8.5.1_p.a
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/package.conf.d/binary-0.8.5.1.conf
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/Data-Binary-Builder.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/Data-Binary-Get-Internal.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/Data-Binary-Get.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/Data-Binary-Put.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/Data-Binary.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/binary.haddock
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/binary.txt
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/doc-index.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/haddock-util.js
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/hslogo-16.png
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/index.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/minus.gif
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/ocean.css
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/plus.gif
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data-Binary-Builder.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data-Binary-Class.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data-Binary-FloatCast.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data-Binary-Generic.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data-Binary-Get-Internal.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data-Binary-Get.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data-Binary-Internal.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data-Binary-Put.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data-Binary.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data.Binary.Builder.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data.Binary.Class.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data.Binary.FloatCast.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data.Binary.Generic.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data.Binary.Get.Internal.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data.Binary.Get.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data.Binary.Internal.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data.Binary.Put.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/Data.Binary.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/highlight.js
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/binary-0.8.5.1/src/hscolour.css
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References

ghc-binary-devel website

Summary

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