How To Install ghc-hpc-devel on CentOS 8

ghc-hpc-devel is Haskell hpc library development files

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-hpc-devel`

This package provides the Haskell hpc library development files.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-hpc-devel

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-hpc-devel

How To Uninstall ghc-hpc-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-hpc-devel

ghc-hpc-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Mix.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Mix.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Mix.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Reflect.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Reflect.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Reflect.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Tix.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Tix.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Tix.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Util.dyn_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Util.hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace/Hpc/Util.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/libHShpc-0.6.0.3.a
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/hpc-0.6.0.3/libHShpc-0.6.0.3_p.a
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.2.2/package.conf.d/hpc-0.6.0.3.conf
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace-Hpc-Mix.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace-Hpc-Reflect.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace-Hpc-Tix.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/Trace-Hpc-Util.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/doc-index.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/haddock-util.js
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/hpc.haddock
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/hpc.txt
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/hslogo-16.png
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/index.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/minus.gif
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/ocean.css
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/plus.gif
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/Trace-Hpc-Mix.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/Trace-Hpc-Reflect.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/Trace-Hpc-Tix.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/Trace-Hpc-Util.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/Trace.Hpc.Mix.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/Trace.Hpc.Reflect.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/Trace.Hpc.Tix.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/Trace.Hpc.Util.html
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/highlight.js
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/hscolour.css
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/src/style.css
/usr/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries/hpc-0.6.0.3/synopsis.png

References

ghc-hpc-devel website

Summary

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