How To Install perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI on Rocky Linux 8. perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI is Speed up perl scripts by running them persistently

Introduction

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

What is `perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI`

SpeedyCGI is a way to run perl scripts persistently, which can make them run much more quickly. After the script is initially run, instead of exiting, the perl interpreter is kept running. During subsequent runs, this interpreter is used to handle new executions instead of starting a new perl interpreter each time. It is a very fast frontend program, written in C, is executed for each request.

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

Install perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI 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-CGI-SpeedyCGI using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI

Install perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI 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-CGI-SpeedyCGI using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI

How To Uninstall perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI

perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/speedy
/usr/bin/speedy_backend
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/a791255f4568f2f8e73a3e1efc8ad9e4313195
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/3e3991073ae5fd723cc63bd93977c8ff08ac69
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/backend_parent
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/file_cleanup.html
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/file_struct.crd
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/file_struct.gif
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/file_struct.html
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/graph_notes.html
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/index.html
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/options.txt
/usr/share/doc/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/prog_outline.txt
/usr/share/licenses/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI
/usr/share/licenses/perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI/COPYING
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CGI
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CGI/SpeedyCGI.pm

References

perl-CGI-SpeedyCGI website

Summary

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