How to Install and Uninstall cabal-install Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cabal-install on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cabal-install" package

This guide let you learn how to install cabal-install on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cabal-install" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall cabal-install on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cabal-install package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cabal-install
Source: haskell-cabal-install
Version: 3.4.1.0-3
Installed-Size: 25764
Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: ghc (>= 8.4.3), sgml-base (>= 1.28), libc6 (>= 2.33), libffi8 (>= 3.4), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: curl | wget
Description: command-line interface for Cabal and Hackage
Description-md5: 4478c796a8d4a5f67f5bbfa55b6cce07
Homepage: https://www.haskell.org/cabal/
Tag: devel::buildtools, devel::lang:haskell, implemented-in::haskell,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
works-with::software:package, works-with::software:source
Section: haskell
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/haskell-cabal-install/cabal-install_3.4.1.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 3843356
MD5sum: 68ec3c1e014bcfa37cdf759f1cbf3fcd
SHA256: c3444a3c10a7eca7e13b5dd0ae317b31bfa17b052fa8ed9cd35a4a7a76e5525c