How To Install perl-threads-shared on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-threads-shared on Rocky Linux 8. perl-threads-shared is Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads

Introduction

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

What is `perl-threads-shared`

By default, variables are private to each thread, and each newly created thread gets a private copy of each existing variable. This module allows you to share variables across different threads (and pseudo-forks on Win32). It is used together with the threads module.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-threads-shared

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

sudo yum -y install perl-threads-shared

How To Uninstall perl-threads-shared on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-threads-shared

perl-threads-shared Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/3cabbdf4833be67122d45d0ac05218a04ea1e4
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/threads
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/threads/shared
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/threads/shared/shared.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/threads
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/threads/shared.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads-shared
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads-shared/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads-shared/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads-shared/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-threads-shared/examples/class.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/threads::shared.3pm.gz

References

perl-threads-shared website

Summary

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