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

ghc-ghc-boot-th is Haskell ghc-boot-th library

Introduction

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

What is ghc-ghc-boot-th

This package provides the Haskell ghc-boot-th library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-ghc-boot-th

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-ghc-boot-th

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

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-ghc-boot-th

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

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/d7b87c20c00b2a050b313a5a2148eacd62635a
/usr/lib64/libHSghc-boot-th-8.2.2-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-ghc-boot-th
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-ghc-boot-th/LICENSE

References

Summary

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