How To Install ghc-sendfile on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-sendfile in Fedora 36. ghc-sendfile is A portable sendfile library

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-sendfile`

A library which exposes zero-copy sendfile functionality in a portable way. If a platform does not support sendfile, a fallback implementation in haskell is provided.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-sendfile

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-sendfile

How To Uninstall ghc-sendfile on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-sendfile

ghc-sendfile Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/ba349bcc4ec2af90e543c91a6d1d82cc5598b9
/usr/lib64/libHSsendfile-0.7.11.1-CiQNEGOPdke3MC6GvstC8N-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-sendfile
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-sendfile/LICENSE

References

ghc-sendfile website

Summary

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