How To Install ghc-cairo on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-cairo on CentOS 7.
What is ghc-cairo
Cairo is a library to render high quality vector graphics. There exist various backends that allows rendering to Gtk windows, PDF, PS, PNG and SVG documents, amongst others.
We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-cairo on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-cairo.
Install ghc-cairo 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-cairo using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ghc-cairo
Install ghc-cairo 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-cairo using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ghc-cairo
How To Uninstall ghc-cairo on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ghc-cairo package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ghc-cairo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-cairo on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.