How To Install ghc-safe on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-safe on CentOS 7. ghc-safe is Library for safe (pattern match free) functions

Introduction

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

What is ghc-safe

Partial functions from the base library, such as head and !!, modified to return more descriptive error messages, programmer defined error messages, Maybe wrapped results and default values. These functions can be used to reduce the number of unsafe pattern matches in your code.

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

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-safe

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-safe

How To Uninstall ghc-safe on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-safe

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Summary

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