How To Install perlmulticore-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perlmulticore-devel on Rocky Linux 8. perlmulticore-devel is Perl Multicore specification and implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perlmulticore-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perlmulticore-devel

This header file implements a simple mechanism for XS modules to allow re-use of the perl interpreter for other threads while doing some lengthy operation, such as cryptography, SQL queries, disk I/O and so on.

We can use yum or dnf to install perlmulticore-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perlmulticore-devel.

Install perlmulticore-devel 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 perlmulticore-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perlmulticore-devel

Install perlmulticore-devel 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 perlmulticore-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perlmulticore-devel

How To Uninstall perlmulticore-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perlmulticore-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perlmulticore-devel

perlmulticore-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/perlmulticore.h
/usr/share/man/man3/perlmulticore.h.3.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perlmulticore-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.