How To Install perl-Parallel-ForkManager on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Parallel-ForkManager on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Parallel-ForkManager is Simple parallel processing fork manager

Introduction

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

What is perl-Parallel-ForkManager

This module is intended for use in operations that can be done in parallel where the number of processes to be forked off should be limited. Typical use is a downloader which will be retrieving hundreds/thousands of files.

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

Install perl-Parallel-ForkManager 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-Parallel-ForkManager using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Parallel-ForkManager

Install perl-Parallel-ForkManager 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-Parallel-ForkManager using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Parallel-ForkManager

How To Uninstall perl-Parallel-ForkManager on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Parallel-ForkManager

perl-Parallel-ForkManager Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Parallel-ForkManager
/usr/share/doc/perl-Parallel-ForkManager/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Parallel-ForkManager/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-Parallel-ForkManager/examples/callback.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Parallel-ForkManager/examples/callback_data.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Parallel-ForkManager/examples/parallel_get.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/Parallel::ForkManager.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Parallel::ForkManager::Child.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parallel
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parallel/ForkManager
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parallel/ForkManager.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Parallel/ForkManager/Child.pm

References

Summary

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