How To Install ghc-mmap on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-mmap in Fedora 36. ghc-mmap is Memory mapped files library

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-mmap`

This library provides a wrapper to mmap(2) or MapViewOfFile, allowing files or devices to be lazily loaded into memory as strict or lazy ByteStrings, ForeignPtrs or plain Ptrs, using the virtual memory subsystem to do on-demand loading. Modifications are also supported.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-mmap

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-mmap

How To Uninstall ghc-mmap on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-mmap

ghc-mmap Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/e317cb569025df19d0a2b3237f4d1efa298a53
/usr/lib64/libHSmmap-0.5.9-HfWmIvjdy0o930OZ0ovXqh-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-mmap
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-mmap/LICENSE

References

ghc-mmap website

Summary

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