How To Install ghc-Cabal on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-Cabal on CentOS 8.
What is ghc-Cabal
This package provides the Haskell Cabal library.
We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-Cabal on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-Cabal.
Install ghc-Cabal 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-Cabal using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ghc-Cabal
Install ghc-Cabal 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-Cabal using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ghc-Cabal
How To Uninstall ghc-Cabal on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ghc-Cabal package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ghc-Cabal
ghc-Cabal Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/7e94029c6570f85ddeb0ed48986a3a383cdbd5
/usr/lib64/libHSCabal-2.0.1.0-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-Cabal
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-Cabal/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-Cabal on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.