How To Install ghc-rpm-macros on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-rpm-macros on CentOS 8.
What is ghc-rpm-macros
A set of macros for building GHC packages following the Haskell Guidelines of the Fedora Haskell SIG. ghc needs to be installed in order to make use of these macros.
We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-rpm-macros on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-rpm-macros.
Install ghc-rpm-macros 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-rpm-macros using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ghc-rpm-macros
Install ghc-rpm-macros 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-rpm-macros using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ghc-rpm-macros
How To Uninstall ghc-rpm-macros on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ghc-rpm-macros package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ghc-rpm-macros
ghc-rpm-macros Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/cabal-tweak-dep-ver
/usr/bin/cabal-tweak-drop-dep
/usr/bin/cabal-tweak-flag
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/ghc.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/ghc-deps.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/ghc-pkg-wrapper
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.ghc
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.ghc-os
/usr/share/doc/ghc-rpm-macros
/usr/share/doc/ghc-rpm-macros/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-rpm-macros
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-rpm-macros/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-rpm-macros on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.