How To Install perl-prefork on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-prefork on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-prefork.
Install perl-prefork 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-prefork using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-prefork
Install perl-prefork 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-prefork using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-prefork
How To Uninstall perl-prefork on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the perl-prefork package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-prefork
perl-prefork Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/doc/perl-prefork
/usr/share/doc/perl-prefork/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-prefork/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-prefork
/usr/share/licenses/perl-prefork/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/prefork.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/prefork.pm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-prefork on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.