How To Install ghc-pango on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-pango on CentOS 7. ghc-pango is Binding to the Pango text rendering engine

Introduction

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

What is ghc-pango

This package provides a wrapper around the Pango C library that allows high-quality rendering of Unicode text. It can be used either with Cairo to output text in PDF, PS or other documents or with Gtk+ to display text on-screen.

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

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-pango

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-pango

How To Uninstall ghc-pango on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-pango

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Summary

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