How To Install perl-prefork on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is perl-prefork

Optimized module loading for forking or non-forking processes prefork.pm is intended to serve as a central and optional marshalling point for state detection (are we running in compile-time or run-time mode) and to act as a relatively light-weight module loader.

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

Install perl-prefork 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-prefork using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-prefork

Install perl-prefork 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-prefork using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-prefork

How To Uninstall perl-prefork on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove perl-prefork

References

• perl-prefork website

Summary

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