How To Install perl-threads on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-threads on CentOS 7.
What is perl-threads
Since Perl 5.8, thread programming has been available using a model called interpreter threads which provides a new Perl interpreter for each thread, and, by default, results in no data or state information being shared between threads. (Prior to Perl 5.8, 5005threads was available through the “Thread.pm” API. This threading model has been deprecated, and was removed as of Perl 5.10.0.)
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-threads on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-threads.
Install perl-threads 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-threads using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-threads
Install perl-threads 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-threads using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-threads
How To Uninstall perl-threads on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the perl-threads package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-threads
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-threads on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.