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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "cabal-install" package

Learn how to install cabal-install on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall cabal-install on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: cabal-install
Priority: optional
Section: universe/haskell
Installed-Size: 12096
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: haskell-cabal-install
Version: 1.22.6.0-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libffi6 (>= 3.0.4), libgmp10, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), ghc (>= 7.10) | libghc-cabal-dev (>= 1.22)
Recommends: ghc
Filename: pool/universe/h/haskell-cabal-install/cabal-install_1.22.6.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 1903194
MD5sum: 2763b3076de24942e1463a33efb82b9b
SHA1: 8616fb6911178230778d9d683fae70a4cb0ca765
SHA256: 786155ec6ce064de23d5dcc257082a8b2641c3a80f99dca677222d5450f77ccd
Description-en: command-line interface for Cabal and Hackage
The 'cabal' command-line program simplifies the process of managing
Haskell software by automating the fetching, configuration, compilation
and installation of Haskell libraries and programs.
Description-md5: 4478c796a8d4a5f67f5bbfa55b6cce07
Homepage: http://www.haskell.org/cabal/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu