How To Install libghc-ofx-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libghc-ofx-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libghc-ofx-doc is parser for Open Financial Exchange (OFX) financial data; documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libghc-ofx-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libghc-ofx-doc

libghc-ofx-doc is:

A parser for Open Financial Exchange (OFX) financial data. This handles OFX version 1.03, which is documented at http://www.ofx.net/ . This also handles QFX, which is OFX plus some minor additions made by Intuit, the publishers of Quicken.

The parser will place all the data into a tree, which you can query for whatever data you may need, although you will need to be familiar with the OFX spec to do this. There is also a Transaction type which you can easily parse from the tree; this will contain most, if not all, of the data you will be interested in if your OFX file is from a bank or credit card account.

This package provides the documentation for a library for the Haskell programming language. See http://www.haskell.org/ for more information on Haskell.

There are three methods to install libghc-ofx-doc 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-ofx-doc 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-ofx-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libghc-ofx-doc

Install libghc-ofx-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libghc-ofx-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libghc-ofx-doc

Install libghc-ofx-doc 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-ofx-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libghc-ofx-doc

How To Uninstall libghc-ofx-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libghc-ofx-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libghc-ofx-doc

Uninstall libghc-ofx-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libghc-ofx-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libghc-ofx-doc

Remove libghc-ofx-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libghc-ofx-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libghc-ofx-doc

Remove libghc-ofx-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libghc-ofx-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libghc-ofx-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libghc-ofx-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.