How To Install ghc-ghc-boot-devel on CentOS 8

ghc-ghc-boot-devel is Haskell ghc-boot library development files

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-ghc-boot-devel`

This package provides the Haskell ghc-boot library development files.

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

Install ghc-ghc-boot-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-ghc-boot-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-ghc-boot-devel

Install ghc-ghc-boot-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-ghc-boot-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-ghc-boot-devel

How To Uninstall ghc-ghc-boot-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-ghc-boot-devel

ghc-ghc-boot-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/ForeignSrcLang.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/ForeignSrcLang.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/ForeignSrcLang.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/LanguageExtensions.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/LanguageExtensions.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/LanguageExtensions.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/PackageDb.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/PackageDb.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/PackageDb.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/Serialized.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/Serialized.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC/Serialized.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/libHSghc-boot-8.2.2.a
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/ghc-boot-8.2.2/libHSghc-boot-8.2.2_p.a
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/package.conf.d/ghc-boot-8.2.2.conf
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC-ForeignSrcLang.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC-LanguageExtensions.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC-PackageDb.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/GHC-Serialized.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/doc-index-A.html
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/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/ghc-boot.haddock
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/ghc-boot.txt
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/haddock-util.js
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/hslogo-16.png
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/index.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/minus.gif
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/ocean.css
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/plus.gif
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/src
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/src/GHC-ForeignSrcLang.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/src/GHC-LanguageExtensions.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/src/GHC-PackageDb.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/src/GHC-Serialized.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/src/GHC.ForeignSrcLang.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/src/GHC.LanguageExtensions.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/src/GHC.PackageDb.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/ghc-boot-8.2.2/src/GHC.Serialized.html
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References

ghc-ghc-boot-devel website

Summary

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