How To Install ghc-hashed-storage on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-hashed-storage on CentOS 7. ghc-hashed-storage is Hashed file storage support code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-hashed-storage on CentOS 7.

What is ghc-hashed-storage

Support code for reading and manipulating hashed file storage (where each file and directory is associated with a cryptographic hash, for corruption-resistant storage and fast comparisons). The supported storage formats include darcs hashed pristine, a plain filesystem tree and an indexed plain tree (where the index maintains hashes of the plain files and directories).

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

Install ghc-hashed-storage 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-hashed-storage using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-hashed-storage

Install ghc-hashed-storage 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-hashed-storage using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-hashed-storage

How To Uninstall ghc-hashed-storage on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-hashed-storage

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Summary

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