How To Install ghc-magic on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-magic in Fedora 36. ghc-magic is Interface to C file/magic library

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-magic`

This package provides a Haskell interface to the C libmagic library. With it, you can determine the type of a file by examining its contents rather than its name. The Haskell interface provides a full-featured binding.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-magic

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-magic

How To Uninstall ghc-magic on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-magic

ghc-magic Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/3632f387cc3d0d9cf18fafa90e1ebd6be85ae1
/usr/lib64/libHSmagic-1.1-ACgJfsTtmRc6ULiEKeUBqR-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-magic
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-magic/COPYING

References

ghc-magic website

Summary

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