How To Install ghc-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install ghc-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ghc-doc is Documentation for the Glasgow Haskell Compilation system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-doc on Debian 10.

What is ghc-doc

ghc-doc is:

The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation system (GHC) is a compiler for Haskell.

Haskell is “the” standard lazy functional programming language. The language definition and additional documentation can be found in the `haskell-doc' package. Alternatively, there is an online version at http://haskell.org/onlinereport/.

This package includes HTML, DVI and PS versions of the SGML-based documentation around GHC.

There are three methods to install ghc-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ghc-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ghc-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ghc-doc

Install ghc-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ghc-doc

Install ghc-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ghc-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ghc-doc

How To Uninstall ghc-doc on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ghc-doc

Uninstall ghc-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ghc-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ghc-doc

Remove ghc-doc Configurations and Data

To remove ghc-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ghc-doc

Remove ghc-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ghc-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ghc-doc

Dependencies

ghc-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.