How To Install ghc-prof on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-prof
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ghc-prof
ghc-prof is:
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation system (GHC) is a compiler for Haskell.
Haskell is “the” standard lazy functional programming language. The language definition and additional documentation can be found in the `haskell-doc' package. Alternatively, there is an online version at http://haskell.org/onlinereport/.
This package contains additional profiling libraries. They are only needed, if you want to take a closer look on where exactly your program burns CPU cycles.
There are three methods to install ghc-prof
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ghc-prof Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ghc-prof
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ghc-prof
Install ghc-prof Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ghc-prof
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ghc-prof
Install ghc-prof Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ghc-prof
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ghc-prof
How To Uninstall ghc-prof on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ghc-prof
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ghc-prof
Uninstall ghc-prof And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ghc-prof
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ghc-prof
Remove ghc-prof Configurations and Data
To remove ghc-prof
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ghc-prof
Remove ghc-prof configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ghc-prof
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ghc-prof
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-prof
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.