How To Install ghc-hpc on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-hpc`

This package provides the Haskell hpc library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-hpc

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-hpc

How To Uninstall ghc-hpc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-hpc

ghc-hpc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/bb4849ece8e1edfd2e083647a4708a2fc2310a
/usr/lib64/libHShpc-0.6.0.3-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-hpc
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-hpc/LICENSE

References

ghc-hpc website

Summary

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