How To Install ghc-libffi-prof on Fedora 36

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

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-libffi-prof`

This package provides the Haskell libffi profiling library.

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

Install ghc-libffi-prof 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-libffi-prof using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-libffi-prof

Install ghc-libffi-prof 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-libffi-prof using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-libffi-prof

How To Uninstall ghc-libffi-prof on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-libffi-prof

ghc-libffi-prof Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib64/ghc-8.10.5/libffi-0.1/Foreign/LibFFI.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.10.5/libffi-0.1/Foreign/LibFFI/Base.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.10.5/libffi-0.1/Foreign/LibFFI/FFITypes.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.10.5/libffi-0.1/Foreign/LibFFI/Internal.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.10.5/libffi-0.1/Foreign/LibFFI/Types.p_hi
/usr/lib64/ghc-8.10.5/libffi-0.1/libHSlibffi-0.1-8U8n8AdfLs66HXhD0Pbsc9_p.a

References

ghc-libffi-prof website

Summary

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