How To Install ghc-word8 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-word8 on CentOS 7. ghc-word8 is 8-bit character library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-word8 on CentOS 7.

What is `ghc-word8`

Char functions assuming Latin1 encoding for Char8 and Word8.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-word8 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-word8.

Install ghc-word8 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-word8 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-word8

Install ghc-word8 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-word8 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-word8

How To Uninstall ghc-word8 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the ghc-word8 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghc-word8

References

ghc-word8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-word8 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.