How To Install ghc-doc-index on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-doc-index on CentOS 7. ghc-doc-index is GHC library development documentation indexing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-doc-index on CentOS 7.

What is ghc-doc-index

The package provides a cronjob for re-indexing installed library development documention.

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

Install ghc-doc-index 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-doc-index using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-doc-index

Install ghc-doc-index 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-doc-index using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-doc-index

How To Uninstall ghc-doc-index on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-doc-index

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Summary

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