How To Install libforks-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libforks-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libforks-perl
libforks-perl is:
The forks.pm module is a drop-in replacement for threads.pm. It has the same syntax as the threads.pm module (it even takes over its namespace) but has some significant differences:
- you do not need a special (threaded) version of Perl
- it is much more economic with memory usage on OS’s that support COW
- it is more efficient in the startup of threads
- it is slightly less efficient in the stopping of threads
- it is less efficient in inter-thread communication
If nothing else, it allows you to use the Perl threading model in non-threaded Perl builds and in older versions of Perl (5.6.0 and higher are supported).
There are three methods to install libforks-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libforks-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libforks-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libforks-perl
Install libforks-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libforks-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libforks-perl
Install libforks-perl Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libforks-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libforks-perl
How To Uninstall libforks-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libforks-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libforks-perl
Uninstall libforks-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libforks-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libforks-perl
Remove libforks-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libforks-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libforks-perl
Remove libforks-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libforks-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libforks-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libforks-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
