How To Install perl-Linux-Pid on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Linux-Pid on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Linux-Pid is Get the native PID and the PPID on Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Linux-Pid on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-Linux-Pid

Linux multithreaded programs. Linux’s C library returns different values of the PID and the PPID from different threads. This module forces Perl to call the underlying C functions getpid() and getppid().

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Linux-Pid on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Linux-Pid.

Install perl-Linux-Pid on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Linux-Pid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Linux-Pid

Install perl-Linux-Pid on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Linux-Pid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Linux-Pid

How To Uninstall perl-Linux-Pid on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Linux-Pid

perl-Linux-Pid Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/5ddcabe904e352e64182b102ee977ad8009d97
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Linux
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Linux/Pid.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Linux
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Linux/Pid
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Linux/Pid/Pid.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Linux-Pid
/usr/share/doc/perl-Linux-Pid/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Linux-Pid/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Linux::Pid.3pm.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Linux-Pid on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.