How To Install ghc-libraries on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-libraries on CentOS 7. ghc-libraries is GHC development libraries meta package

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-libraries`

This is a meta-package for all the development library packages in GHC except the ghc library, which is installed by the toplevel ghc metapackage.

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

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-libraries

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-libraries

How To Uninstall ghc-libraries on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-libraries

References

ghc-libraries website

Summary

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