How To Install ghc-rio on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-rio in Fedora 36. ghc-rio is A standard library for Haskell

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-rio`

The goal of the rio library is to make it easier to adopt Haskell for writing production software. It is intended as a cross between - Collection of well designed, trusted libraries - Useful Prelude replacement - A set of best practices for writing production quality Haskell code

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-rio

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-rio

How To Uninstall ghc-rio on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-rio

ghc-rio Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/86cd99174114e527f8f1f4624fcbac5cb76578
/usr/lib64/libHSrio-0.1.20.0-LOhO1Fk3EbUgYVUOR5E6O-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-rio
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-rio/LICENSE

References

ghc-rio website

Summary

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