How To Install ghc-hscolour on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-hscolour`

This package provides the Haskell hscolour shared library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-hscolour

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-hscolour

How To Uninstall ghc-hscolour on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-hscolour

ghc-hscolour Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/a260e055225a427bd356ef58940bfad51cba4d
/usr/lib64/libHShscolour-1.24.2-BwYhdEbf2m3fdRy45AMG-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-hscolour
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-hscolour/LICENCE-LGPL

References

ghc-hscolour website

Summary

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