How To Install ghc-word8 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-word8 in Fedora 36. ghc-word8 is 8-bit character library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-word8 on Fedora 36.

What is `ghc-word8`

Word8 library to be used with Data.ByteString.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-word8 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-word8.

Install ghc-word8 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-word8 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-word8

Install ghc-word8 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-word8 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-word8

How To Uninstall ghc-word8 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ghc-word8 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghc-word8

ghc-word8 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/32297df4db640cea7182ab9319933eac80b6b7
/usr/lib64/libHSword8-0.1.3-C9wcaZKtRvf9CTebSJFNpx-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-word8
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-word8/LICENSE

References

ghc-word8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-word8 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).