How To Install perl-threads on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-threads on Rocky Linux 8. perl-threads is Perl interpreter-based threads

Introduction

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

What is perl-threads

Since Perl 5.8, thread programming has been available using a model called interpreter threads which provides a new Perl interpreter for each thread, and, by default, results in no data or state information being shared between threads. (Prior to Perl 5.8, 5005threads was available through the “Thread.pm” API. This threading model has been deprecated, and was removed as of Perl 5.10.0.)

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

Install perl-threads 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-threads using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-threads

Install perl-threads 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-threads using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-threads

How To Uninstall perl-threads on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-threads

perl-threads Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/70abf1b2b18ee93d8eea4042c7a77238e38235
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/threads
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/threads/threads.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/threads.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads/examples/pool.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads/examples/pool_reuse.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/threads.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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