How To Install ghc-Cabal on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-Cabal on Rocky Linux 8. ghc-Cabal is Haskell Cabal library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-Cabal on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `ghc-Cabal`

This package provides the Haskell Cabal library.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-Cabal on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-Cabal.

Install ghc-Cabal on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-Cabal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-Cabal

Install ghc-Cabal on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-Cabal using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-Cabal

How To Uninstall ghc-Cabal on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-Cabal

ghc-Cabal Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/7e94029c6570f85ddeb0ed48986a3a383cdbd5
/usr/lib64/libHSCabal-2.0.1.0-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-Cabal
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-Cabal/LICENSE

References

ghc-Cabal website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-Cabal on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.