How To Install ghc-vty on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-vty in Fedora 36. ghc-vty is A simple terminal UI library

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-vty`

Vty is terminal GUI library in the niche of ncurses. It is intended to be easy to use, have no confusing corner cases, and good support for common terminal types. See the ‘vty-examples’ package as well as the program ’test/interactive_terminal_test.hs’ included in the ‘vty’ package for examples on how to use the library. Import the “Graphics.Vty” convenience module to get access to the core parts of the library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-vty

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-vty

How To Uninstall ghc-vty on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-vty

ghc-vty Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/18201e3a47f2bd93cae7b7271a40d22a1ba9da
/usr/lib64/libHSvty-5.33-9FHlJVC9M5mHB5NRGKitDh-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-vty
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-vty/LICENSE

References

ghc-vty website

Summary

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