How To Install ghc-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8. ghc-rpm-macros is RPM macros for building Haskell packages for GHC

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-rpm-macros`

A set of macros for building GHC packages following the Haskell Guidelines of the Fedora Haskell SIG. ghc needs to be installed in order to make use of these macros.

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

Install ghc-rpm-macros 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-rpm-macros using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-rpm-macros

Install ghc-rpm-macros 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-rpm-macros using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-rpm-macros

How To Uninstall ghc-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-rpm-macros

ghc-rpm-macros Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/cabal-tweak-dep-ver
/usr/bin/cabal-tweak-drop-dep
/usr/bin/cabal-tweak-flag
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/ghc.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/ghc-deps.sh
/usr/lib/rpm/ghc-pkg-wrapper
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.ghc
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.ghc-os
/usr/share/doc/ghc-rpm-macros
/usr/share/doc/ghc-rpm-macros/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-rpm-macros
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-rpm-macros/COPYING

References

ghc-rpm-macros website

Summary

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