How To Install perl-Sys-Mmap on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Sys-Mmap on CentOS 7. perl-Sys-Mmap is Use mmap to map in a file as a Perl variable

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Sys-Mmap on CentOS 7.

What is perl-Sys-Mmap

The Mmap module lets you use mmap to map in a file as a perl variable rather than reading the file into dynamically allocated memory. Multiple programs may map the same file into memory, and immediately see changes by each other. Memory may be allocated not attached to a file, and shared with subprocesses.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Sys-Mmap on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Sys-Mmap.

Install perl-Sys-Mmap on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Sys-Mmap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Sys-Mmap

Install perl-Sys-Mmap 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.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Sys-Mmap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Sys-Mmap

How To Uninstall perl-Sys-Mmap on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perl-Sys-Mmap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Sys-Mmap

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Sys-Mmap on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.