How To Install ghc-cairo on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-cairo in Fedora 36. ghc-cairo is Binding to the Cairo library

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-cairo`

Cairo is a library to render high quality vector graphics. There exist various backends that allows rendering to Gtk windows, PDF, PS, PNG and SVG documents, amongst others.

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

Install ghc-cairo 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-cairo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-cairo

Install ghc-cairo 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-cairo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-cairo

How To Uninstall ghc-cairo on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-cairo

ghc-cairo Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/e221be803b36a855e2be0ca2ba9eedc52e2894
/usr/lib64/libHScairo-0.13.8.1-G8tVVKNwkhW1CzXoCO3LHJ-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-cairo
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-cairo/COPYRIGHT

References

ghc-cairo website

Summary

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