How To Install ghc-primitive on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-primitive in Fedora 36. ghc-primitive is Primitive memory-related operations

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-primitive`

This package provides various primitive memory-related operations.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-primitive

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-primitive

How To Uninstall ghc-primitive on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-primitive

ghc-primitive Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/cef0e7d63c4fcb4895e41d4e161e9169c08c3a
/usr/lib64/libHSprimitive-0.7.1.0-H44eQ1j8hQJ3Kj2SFx0Ivh-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-primitive
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-primitive/LICENSE

References

ghc-primitive website

Summary

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