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haskell-platform


Information about the package, haskell-platform, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The haskell-platform package is designed for, Standard Haskell distribution.


Package Name:

haskell-platform

Summary:

Standard Haskell distribution

Description:

Haskell Platform is a suite of stable and well used Haskell libraries and tools. It provides a good starting environment for Haskell development.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2011.4.0.0

Release:

6.el6

Size:

8.5 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for haskell-platform


Control the haskell-platform package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install haskell-platform

This command will install haskell-platform on the server.

yum remove haskell-platform

This command will un-install haskell-platform on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove haskell-platform, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove haskell-platform

This command will un-install haskell-platform on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove haskell-platform when using the -y flag.

yum update haskell-platform

This command will update haskell-platform to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove haskell-platform, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update haskell-platform

This command will update haskell-platform to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove haskell-platform when using the -y flag.

yum info haskell-platform

This command will show you core information about the haskell-platform package.

yum deplist haskell-platform

This command will show you the dependencies for haskell-platform. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update haskell-platform

This command will check if there is an update waiting on haskell-platform. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.