How To Install ghc-aeson-pretty on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-aeson-pretty on CentOS 7. ghc-aeson-pretty is JSON pretty-printing library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-aeson-pretty on CentOS 7.

What is ghc-aeson-pretty

A JSON pretty-printing library compatible with aeson as well as a command-line tool to improve readabilty of streams of JSON data. The library provides the function “encodePretty”. It is a drop-in replacement for aeson’s “encode” function, producing JSON-ByteStrings for human readers. The command-line tool reads JSON from stdin and writes prettified JSON to stdout. It also offers a complementary “compact”-mode, essentially the opposite of pretty-printing.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-aeson-pretty on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-aeson-pretty.

Install ghc-aeson-pretty on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-aeson-pretty

Install ghc-aeson-pretty on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-aeson-pretty

How To Uninstall ghc-aeson-pretty on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-aeson-pretty

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-aeson-pretty on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.