perl-forks on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "perl-forks" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install perl-forks on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall perl-forks on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "perl-forks" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone perl-forks's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/perl-forks.git 
            
                        
                ~/perl-forks
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/perl-forks folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/perl-forks
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the perl-forks package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 197713
Name: perl-forks
PackageBaseID: 26538
PackageBase: perl-forks
Version: 0.36-1
Description: drop-in replacement for Perl threads using fork()
URL: http://search.mcpan.org/dist/forks
NumVotes: 22
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jnbek
Submitter: leidola
FirstSubmitted: 1242559719
LastModified: 1434488290
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/perl-forks.tar.gz