How to Install haskell-platform software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install haskell-platform software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

haskell-platform software package provides Standard Haskell libraries and tools, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install haskell-platform 

haskell-platform is installed in your system.

Make ensure the haskell-platform package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep haskell-platform *

You will get with haskell-platform package name, version, architecture and description in a table

haskell-platform package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Haskell
Package haskell-platform
Version 2014.2.0.0.debian2
Description Standard Haskell libraries and tools
Sub Section Haskell


See Also, How to uninstall or remove haskell-platform software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?