How To Install ghc-rpm-macros-extra on CentOS 8

ghc-rpm-macros-extra is Extra RPM macros for building Haskell library subpackages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-rpm-macros-extra on CentOS 8.

What is ghc-rpm-macros-extra

Extra macros used for subpackaging of Haskell libraries, for example in ghc and haskell-platform.

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

Install ghc-rpm-macros-extra 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-extra using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-rpm-macros-extra

Install ghc-rpm-macros-extra 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-extra using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-rpm-macros-extra

How To Uninstall ghc-rpm-macros-extra on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the ghc-rpm-macros-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghc-rpm-macros-extra

ghc-rpm-macros-extra Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.ghc-extra

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-rpm-macros-extra on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.