How To Install ghc-regex-base on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-regex-base on CentOS 7. ghc-regex-base is Haskell regex base library

Introduction

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

What is ghc-regex-base

Interface API for regex-{posix,pcre,parsec,tdfa,dfa}.

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

Install ghc-regex-base 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-regex-base using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-regex-base

Install ghc-regex-base 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-regex-base using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-regex-base

How To Uninstall ghc-regex-base on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-regex-base

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Summary

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