How To Install perl-Sys-Mmap on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Sys-Mmap on Rocky Linux 8. 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 Rocky Linux 8.

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 sub-processes.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Sys-Mmap on Rocky Linux 8. 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 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-Sys-Mmap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Sys-Mmap

Install perl-Sys-Mmap 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-Sys-Mmap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Sys-Mmap

How To Uninstall perl-Sys-Mmap on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Sys-Mmap

perl-Sys-Mmap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/20db687a78607de3c3c5a20ea03faf3bed8cfe
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Sys
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Sys/Mmap.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Sys
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Sys/Mmap
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Sys/Mmap/Mmap.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Mmap
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Mmap/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Mmap/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Sys-Mmap
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Sys-Mmap/Artistic
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Sys-Mmap/Copying
/usr/share/man/man3/Sys::Mmap.3pm.gz

References

perl-Sys-Mmap website

Summary

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