How To Install ghc-hoopl on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-hoopl`

This package provides the Haskell hoopl library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-hoopl

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-hoopl

How To Uninstall ghc-hoopl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-hoopl

ghc-hoopl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/526cf988f22514f7d23065b3258b88ef8d7276
/usr/lib64/libHShoopl-3.10.2.2-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-hoopl
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-hoopl/LICENSE

References

ghc-hoopl website

Summary

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