How To Install mueval on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mueval on Ubuntu 22.04. mueval is Safely evaluate pure Haskell expressions - executables

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mueval on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is mueval

mueval is:

Mueval is a Haskell interpreter. It uses the GHC API to evaluate arbitrary Haskell expressions. Importantly, mueval takes many precautions to defang and avoid “evil” code. It uses resource limits, whitelisted modules and Safe Haskell, special Show instances for IO, threads, processes, and changes of directory to sandbox the Haskell code.

This contains the stand-alone mueval binaries.

There are three methods to install mueval on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mueval Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mueval

Install mueval Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mueval using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mueval

Install mueval 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 mueval using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mueval

How To Uninstall mueval on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the mueval package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mueval

Uninstall mueval And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mueval and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mueval

Remove mueval Configurations and Data

To remove mueval configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mueval

Remove mueval configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mueval

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mueval package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.