How To Install haskell-platform on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install haskell-platform on CentOS 7. haskell-platform is Standard Haskell distribution

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install haskell-platform on CentOS 7.

What is haskell-platform

Haskell Platform is a suite of stable and well used Haskell libraries and tools. It provides a good starting environment for Haskell development.

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

Install haskell-platform on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install haskell-platform using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install haskell-platform

Install haskell-platform 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 haskell-platform using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install haskell-platform

How To Uninstall haskell-platform on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the haskell-platform package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove haskell-platform

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Summary

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