How To Install ghc-haskell-src-exts on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-haskell-src-exts on CentOS 7.
What is ghc-haskell-src-exts
Haskell-Source with Extensions is an extension of the standard haskell-src package, and handles most registered syntactic extensions to Haskell, including * Multi-parameter type classes with functional dependencies * Indexed type families (including associated types) * Empty data declarations * GADTs * Implicit parameters * Template Haskell and a few more. All extensions implemented in GHC are supported. Apart from these standard extensions, it also handles regular patterns as per the HaRP extension as well as HSX-style embedded XML syntax.
We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-haskell-src-exts on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-haskell-src-exts.
Install ghc-haskell-src-exts 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-haskell-src-exts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ghc-haskell-src-exts
Install ghc-haskell-src-exts 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-haskell-src-exts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ghc-haskell-src-exts
How To Uninstall ghc-haskell-src-exts on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ghc-haskell-src-exts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ghc-haskell-src-exts
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-haskell-src-exts on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.