How To Install ghc-time on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-time on Rocky Linux 8. ghc-time is Haskell time library

Introduction

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

What is `ghc-time`

This package provides the Haskell time library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ghc-time

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

sudo yum -y install ghc-time

How To Uninstall ghc-time on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ghc-time

ghc-time Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/197af7699049bd6567e132983d5458a3aa77f2
/usr/lib64/libHStime-1.8.0.2-ghc8.2.2.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-time
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-time/LICENSE

References

ghc-time website

Summary

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