How To Install moarvm on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install moarvm
on CentOS 7.
What is moarvm
Short for “Metamodel On A Runtime”, MoarVM is a virtual machine built especially for Rakudo Perl 6 and the NQP Compiler Toolchain. MoarVM is a back-end for NQP. MoarVM already stands out among the various Rakudo and NQP compilation targets by typically Running the Perl 6 specification test suite fastest Having the lowest memory usage Having the best start-up time Being fastest to build both NQP and Rakudo - and thus in theory your Perl 6 and NQP programs too!
We can use yum
or dnf
to install moarvm
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install moarvm.
Install moarvm on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install moarvm
using yum
by running the following command:
Install moarvm on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install moarvm
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall moarvm on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the moarvm
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install moarvm
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.