How To Install ghc-gio on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-gio in Fedora 36. ghc-gio is Binding to GIO

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-gio`

GIO is striving to provide a modern, easy-to-use VFS API that sits at the right level in the library stack. The goal is to overcome the shortcomings of GnomeVFS and provide an API that is so good that developers prefer it over raw POSIX calls. Among other things that means using GObject. It also means not cloning the POSIX API, but providing higher-level, document-centric interfaces.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-gio

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-gio

How To Uninstall ghc-gio on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-gio

ghc-gio Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/c1c891958b79a978f4b0aac591115761618432
/usr/lib64/libHSgio-0.13.8.1-71gtKaUczqQCzyi2wfpYnG-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-gio
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-gio/COPYING

References

ghc-gio website

Summary

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