How to Install and Uninstall hoogle Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "hoogle" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install hoogle on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hoogle
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hoogle" package

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


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

Package: hoogle
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 28162
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: haskell-hoogle
Version: 4.2.43-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libffi6 (>= 3.0.4), libgmp10, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), ghc-doc, libjs-jquery
Suggests: apache2 | httpd
Filename: pool/universe/h/haskell-hoogle/hoogle_4.2.43-3_amd64.deb
Size: 3699248
MD5sum: 60a3647bb9fcde27074d74d5dd9d64d3
SHA1: 32310c66245748038086be381cabf176e088801c
SHA256: d064e7d4fe013077eb5cb66012aee4f5ae0d487f2b0b54f2825a29e511042ef9
Description-en: Haskell API Search for Debian system
Hoogle is a Haskell API search engine, which allows you to
search many standard Haskell libraries by either function name,
or by approximate type signature.
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This package contains the hoogle command and cgi settings.
If you have a webserver installed, you can access the hoogle web interface at
http://localhost/cgi-bin/hoogle.
Description-md5: 58def6312dcd8bf97f2c48d16ab82202
Homepage: http://www.haskell.org/hoogle/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu