How To Install stylish-haskell on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install stylish-haskell on Ubuntu 20.04. stylish-haskell is Haskell code prettifier

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stylish-haskell on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is stylish-haskell

stylish-haskell is:

stylish-haskell prettifies Haskell code. A design goal is not getting in the user’s way, so it restricts itself to formatting only some parts of the Haskell code piped to it, such as import statements.

There are three methods to install stylish-haskell on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install stylish-haskell Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install stylish-haskell using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install stylish-haskell

Install stylish-haskell Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install stylish-haskell

Install stylish-haskell 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 stylish-haskell using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stylish-haskell

How To Uninstall stylish-haskell on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove stylish-haskell

Uninstall stylish-haskell And Its Dependencies

To uninstall stylish-haskell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stylish-haskell

Remove stylish-haskell Configurations and Data

To remove stylish-haskell configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge stylish-haskell

Remove stylish-haskell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove stylish-haskell configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stylish-haskell

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install stylish-haskell package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.