How To Install ghc-regex-posix on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-regex-posix in Fedora 36. ghc-regex-posix is POSIX Backend for “Text.Regex” (regex-base)

Introduction

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

What is ghc-regex-posix

The POSIX regex backend for <//hackage.haskell.org/package/regex-base regex-base>. The main appeal of this backend is that it’s very lightweight due to its reliance on the ubiquitous facility that is provided by the standard C library on most POSIX platforms. See also <https

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

Install ghc-regex-posix 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-regex-posix using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-regex-posix

Install ghc-regex-posix 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-regex-posix using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-regex-posix

How To Uninstall ghc-regex-posix on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-regex-posix

ghc-regex-posix Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/b2d676aff4c8baeddc75ca425b878b504103b0
/usr/lib64/libHSregex-posix-0.96.0.1-F4JSS9fGdx95aOeG6CtJBb-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-regex-posix
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-regex-posix/LICENSE

References

Summary

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