How To Install perl-prefork on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-prefork in Fedora 36. perl-prefork is Optimized module loading for forking or non-forking processes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-prefork on Fedora 36.

What is perl-prefork

Optimized module loading for forking or non-forking processes prefork.pm is intended to serve as a central and optional marshalling point for state detection (are we running in compile-time or run-time mode) and to act as a relatively light-weight module loader.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-prefork on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-prefork.

Install perl-prefork on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-prefork

Install perl-prefork on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install perl-prefork

How To Uninstall perl-prefork on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove perl-prefork

perl-prefork Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/perl-prefork
/usr/share/doc/perl-prefork/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-prefork/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-prefork
/usr/share/licenses/perl-prefork/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/prefork.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/prefork.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-prefork on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).