How To Install ghc-hlint on Fedora 36

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

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-hlint`

This package provides the Haskell hlint shared library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-hlint

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-hlint

How To Uninstall ghc-hlint on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-hlint

ghc-hlint Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/c5b6513698430dcc22b812e6817e0c525a590d
/usr/lib64/libHShlint-3.2.7-KejPLwZrtCKHlpunhFklHc-ghc8.10.5.so

References

ghc-hlint website

Summary

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