How To Install ghc-hpc on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-hpc on CentOS 8.
What is ghc-hpc
This package provides the Haskell hpc library.
We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-hpc on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-hpc.
Install ghc-hpc 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-hpc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ghc-hpc
Install ghc-hpc 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-hpc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ghc-hpc
How To Uninstall ghc-hpc on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ghc-hpc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ghc-hpc
ghc-hpc Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/bb4849ece8e1edfd2e083647a4708a2fc2310a
/usr/lib64/libHShpc-0.6.0.3-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-hpc
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-hpc/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-hpc on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.