How To Install perl-IO-Multiplex on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Multiplex on Rocky Linux 8. perl-IO-Multiplex is Manage IO on many file handles

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Multiplex on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-IO-Multiplex

IO handles. It is essentially a really fancy front end to the select system call. In addition to maintaining the select loop, it buffers all input and output to/from the file handles. It can also accept incoming connections on one or more listen sockets.

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

Install perl-IO-Multiplex 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-IO-Multiplex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-IO-Multiplex

Install perl-IO-Multiplex 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-IO-Multiplex using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-IO-Multiplex

How To Uninstall perl-IO-Multiplex on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-IO-Multiplex

perl-IO-Multiplex Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Multiplex
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Multiplex/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Multiplex/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Multiplex/TODO
/usr/share/man/man3/IO::Multiplex.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Multiplex.pm

References

Summary

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