How to Install and Uninstall haskell-platform Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "haskell-platform" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install haskell-platform on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install haskell-platform

2. Uninstall "haskell-platform" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall haskell-platform on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):

$ sudo apt remove haskell-platform $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the haskell-platform package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: haskell-platform
Architecture: all
Version: 2014.2.0.0.debian8
Priority: extra
Section: universe/haskell
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12
Depends: ghc (>= 8.4.3), libghc-async-dev, libghc-attoparsec-dev, libghc-case-insensitive-dev, libghc-fgl-dev, libghc-gluraw-dev, libghc-glut-dev, libghc-hashable-dev, libghc-haskell-src-dev, libghc-html-dev, libghc-http-dev, libghc-hunit-dev, libghc-network-dev, libghc-opengl-dev, libghc-openglraw-dev, libghc-parallel-dev, libghc-primitive-dev, libghc-quickcheck2-dev, libghc-random-dev, libghc-regex-base-dev, libghc-regex-compat-dev, libghc-regex-posix-dev, libghc-split-dev, libghc-syb-dev, libghc-transformers-dev, libghc-unordered-containers-dev, libghc-vector-dev, libghc-xhtml-dev, libghc-zlib-dev, alex, cabal-install, ghc-haddock, happy, hscolour
Suggests: haskell-platform-doc, haskell-platform-prof
Filename: pool/universe/h/haskell-platform/haskell-platform_2014.2.0.0.debian8_all.deb
Size: 3796
MD5sum: d76020dc096fc8090999143f500ac91c
SHA1: c21ca0b96199fb04c98d90ddba12c990912b6bff
SHA256: ac0a582bde05c434b0a9fc3d5d304f2526e74f2f5f8f367460a7e106fa9dde09
SHA512: 8ac303e1c6d05926b78975eb09b8b972537224eab3de26575171640b14ef1551346891e0a751564878ee72cc99ff28c9faf3598ea5701b14318d5edc4487437d
Homepage: http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/
Description-en: Standard Haskell libraries and tools
The Haskell Platform is a suite of tools and libraries that contain the most
important and best supported components. It is meant to be a starting point
for Haskell developers who are looking for libraries to use.
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Installing this meta package will also install the Debian packages containing
the libraries and tools as specified in the official Haskell Platform, in the
version available in Debian. This may or may not be the version specified in
the platform. If this is of relevance to you, please check them on the
official Haskell Platform homepage.
Description-md5: 691e7f008a8809ac955958eb0736aa24