How To Install libforks-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libforks-perl on Debian 9. libforks-perl is Perl module to emulate threads with fork

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libforks-perl on Debian 9.

What is libforks-perl

libforks-perl is:

The forks.pm module is a drop-in replacement for threads.pm. It has the same syntax as the threads.pm module (it even takes over its namespace) but has some significant differences:

  • you do not need a special (threaded) version of Perl
  • it is much more economic with memory usage on OS’s that support COW
  • it is more efficient in the startup of threads
  • it is slightly less efficient in the stopping of threads
  • it is less efficient in inter-thread communication

If nothing else, it allows you to use the Perl threading model in non-threaded Perl builds and in older versions of Perl (5.6.0 and higher are supported).

There are three methods to install libforks-perl on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libforks-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libforks-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libforks-perl

Install libforks-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libforks-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libforks-perl

Install libforks-perl Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libforks-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libforks-perl

How To Uninstall libforks-perl on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libforks-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libforks-perl

Uninstall libforks-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libforks-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libforks-perl

Remove libforks-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libforks-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libforks-perl

Remove libforks-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libforks-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libforks-perl

Dependencies

libforks-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libforks-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.