How To Install haskell-platform-prof on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install haskell-platform-prof on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is haskell-platform-prof
haskell-platform-prof is:
The Haskell Platform is a suite of tools and libraries that contain the most important and best supported components. It is meant to be a starting point for Haskell developers who are looking for libraries to use.
Installing this meta package will install the profiling data for the libraries as specified in the official Haskell Platform.
There are three methods to install haskell-platform-prof on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install haskell-platform-prof Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install haskell-platform-prof using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install haskell-platform-prof
Install haskell-platform-prof Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install haskell-platform-prof using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install haskell-platform-prof
Install haskell-platform-prof Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install haskell-platform-prof using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install haskell-platform-prof
How To Uninstall haskell-platform-prof on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the haskell-platform-prof package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove haskell-platform-prof
Uninstall haskell-platform-prof And Its Dependencies
To uninstall haskell-platform-prof and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove haskell-platform-prof
Remove haskell-platform-prof Configurations and Data
To remove haskell-platform-prof configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge haskell-platform-prof
Remove haskell-platform-prof configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove haskell-platform-prof configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge haskell-platform-prof
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install haskell-platform-prof package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
