How to Install and Uninstall cabal-helper Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "cabal-helper" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cabal-helper on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall cabal-helper on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cabal-helper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cabal-helper package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cabal-helper
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 2167
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: haskell-cabal-helper
Version: 0.6.2.0-4build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libffi6 (>= 3.0.4), libgmp10
Filename: pool/universe/h/haskell-cabal-helper/cabal-helper_0.6.2.0-4build1_amd64.deb
Size: 429104
MD5sum: 25a82cf0b7d5bd3b8fd5d1dbfdc3a081
SHA1: 6d7e49d9d751011d836252000a588703125fee5a
SHA256: 370271cf276810c0f8916a21984ccf550f11f689d0a1f9fdd3cbaa34f160c70d
Description-en: Simple interface to some of Cabal's configuration state
cabal-helper provides a library which wraps the internal use of
anexecutable to lift the restrictions imposed by linking against versions of
GHC before 7.10. This has the pleasant side effect of isolating the user
from having to deal with Cabal version changes manually as cabal-helper
can simply recompile it's helper program automatically as needed.
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cabal-helper uses a wrapper executable to compile the actual cabal-helper
executable at runtime while linking against an arbitrary version of
Cabal. This runtime-compiled helper executable is then used to extract
various bits and peices from Cabal's on disk state (dist/setup-config)
written by it's configure command.
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In addition to this the wrapper executable also supports installing any
version of Cabal from hackage in case it cannot be found in any available
package database. The wrapper installs these instances of the Cabal library
into a private package database so as to not interfere with the user's
packages.
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Furthermore the wrapper supports one special case namely reading a state
file for Cabal itself. This is needed as Cabal compiles it's Setup.hs using
itself and not using any version of Cabal installed in any package database.
Description-md5: 07590af7024a26ef5b6123e6c7dee06a
Homepage: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-helper
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu