How To Install ghc-ghc-boot on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-ghc-boot in Fedora 36. ghc-ghc-boot is Haskell ghc-boot library

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-ghc-boot`

This package provides the Haskell ghc-boot library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-ghc-boot

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-ghc-boot

How To Uninstall ghc-ghc-boot on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-ghc-boot

ghc-ghc-boot Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/d174f753f027729842b9b209137c1cfa2bcc50
/usr/lib64/libHSghc-boot-8.10.5-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-ghc-boot
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-ghc-boot/LICENSE

References

ghc-ghc-boot website

Summary

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