ghc7.8-bin on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "ghc7.8-bin" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install ghc7.8-bin on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S ghc7.8-bin

* (Optional) Uninstall ghc7.8-bin on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns ghc7.8-bin

2. Manually Install "ghc7.8-bin" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone ghc7.8-bin's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ghc7.8-bin.git ~/ghc7.8-bin

c. Go to ~/ghc7.8-bin folder and install it

$ cd ~/ghc7.8-bin $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the ghc7.8-bin package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1396706
Name: ghc7.8-bin
PackageBaseID: 202102
PackageBase: ghc7.8-bin
Version: 7.8.4-2
Description: Binary GHC 7.8 installed on /usr/bin/ghc-7.8
URL: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.425424
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: rudy.matela
Submitter: rudy.matela
FirstSubmitted: 1706799539
LastModified: 1706799554
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ghc7.8-bin.tar.gz