How To Install libghc-hsx2hs-prof on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libghc-hsx2hs-prof on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libghc-hsx2hs-prof
libghc-hsx2hs-prof is:
HSX (Haskell Source with XML) allows literal XML syntax in Haskell source code. The hsx2hs preprocessor translates .hsx source files into ordinary .hs files. Literal XML syntax is translated into function calls for creating XML values of the appropriate forms. hsx2hs transforms literal XML syntax into a series of function calls. Any project can make use of the syntax by providing definitions for those functions, and the XML values produced will be of the types specified. This works for any types, since hsx2hs doesn’t make any assumptions, or inserts any information depending on types. XMLGenerator defines a few typeclasses that together cover the functions injected by the preprocessor. A project that uses these classes to provide the semantics for the injected syntax will be able to use any functions written in terms of these, allowing better code reusability than if each project defines its own semantics for the XML syntax. Also, the classes makes it possible to use the literal syntax at different types within the same module. Achieving that is not as simple as it may seem, but the XMLGenerator module provides all the necessary machinery.
This package provides a library for the Haskell programming language, compiled for profiling. See http://www.haskell.org/ for more information on Haskell.
There are three methods to install libghc-hsx2hs-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 libghc-hsx2hs-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 libghc-hsx2hs-prof using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libghc-hsx2hs-prof
Install libghc-hsx2hs-prof Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libghc-hsx2hs-prof using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libghc-hsx2hs-prof
Install libghc-hsx2hs-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 libghc-hsx2hs-prof using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libghc-hsx2hs-prof
How To Uninstall libghc-hsx2hs-prof on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libghc-hsx2hs-prof package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libghc-hsx2hs-prof
Uninstall libghc-hsx2hs-prof And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libghc-hsx2hs-prof and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libghc-hsx2hs-prof
Remove libghc-hsx2hs-prof Configurations and Data
To remove libghc-hsx2hs-prof configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libghc-hsx2hs-prof
Remove libghc-hsx2hs-prof configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libghc-hsx2hs-prof configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libghc-hsx2hs-prof
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libghc-hsx2hs-prof package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
