Information about the package, perl-prefork, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-prefork package is designed for, Optimized module loading for forking or non-forking processes.
Package Name:
perl-prefork
Summary:
Optimized module loading for forking or non-forking processes
Description:
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.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.04
Release:
2.el6
Size:
23 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-prefork package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-prefork
This command will install perl-prefork on the server.
yum remove perl-prefork
This command will un-install perl-prefork on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-prefork, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-prefork
This command will un-install perl-prefork on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-prefork when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-prefork
This command will update perl-prefork to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-prefork, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-prefork
This command will update perl-prefork to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-prefork when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-prefork
This command will show you core information about the perl-prefork package.
yum deplist perl-prefork
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-prefork. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update perl-prefork
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-prefork. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.