How To Install ghc-aeson-pretty on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-aeson-pretty in Fedora 36. ghc-aeson-pretty is JSON pretty-printing library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-aeson-pretty on Fedora 36.

What is ghc-aeson-pretty

A JSON pretty-printing library compatible with aeson as well as a command-line tool to improve readabilty of streams of JSON data. The library provides the function “encodePretty”. It is a drop-in replacement for aeson’s “encode” function, producing JSON-ByteStrings for human readers. The command-line tool reads JSON from stdin and writes prettified JSON to stdout. It also offers a complementary “compact”-mode, essentially the opposite of pretty-printing.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-aeson-pretty on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-aeson-pretty.

Install ghc-aeson-pretty on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-aeson-pretty using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-aeson-pretty

Install ghc-aeson-pretty on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-aeson-pretty using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-aeson-pretty

How To Uninstall ghc-aeson-pretty on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ghc-aeson-pretty package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghc-aeson-pretty

ghc-aeson-pretty Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/2e8da4bf2ae5f31e5ee0a6432dd2aa575a3162
/usr/lib64/libHSaeson-pretty-0.8.8-1ISH4mh6TOF8UUuUlvjirq-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-aeson-pretty
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-aeson-pretty/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-aeson-pretty on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).