How To Install perl-Proc-Daemon on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Proc-Daemon on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Proc-Daemon is Run Perl program as a daemon process

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Proc-Daemon on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-Proc-Daemon

This is version 0.23 of Proc This module contains the routine Init which can be called by a Perl program to initialize itself as a daemon. A daemon is a process that runs in the background with no controlling terminal. Generally servers (like FTP and HTTP servers) run as daemon processes.

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

Install perl-Proc-Daemon 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-Proc-Daemon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Proc-Daemon

Install perl-Proc-Daemon 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-Proc-Daemon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Proc-Daemon

How To Uninstall perl-Proc-Daemon on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Proc-Daemon

perl-Proc-Daemon Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Proc-Daemon
/usr/share/doc/perl-Proc-Daemon/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Proc-Daemon/README.md
/usr/share/man/man3/Proc::Daemon.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Proc
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Proc/Daemon.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Proc/Daemon.pod

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Summary

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