How To Install ghc-directory on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is ghc-directory

This package provides the Haskell directory library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-directory

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-directory

How To Uninstall ghc-directory on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-directory

ghc-directory Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/83ce47c15e4b3b84008fc5413aac359a02236d
/usr/lib64/libHSdirectory-1.3.0.2-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-directory
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-directory/LICENSE

References

Summary

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