How to Install and Uninstall libforks-perl Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "libforks-perl" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libforks-perl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libforks-perl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libforks-perl" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libforks-perl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libforks-perl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libforks-perl package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libforks-perl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.36-2build5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 317
Depends: perl (>= 5.30.0-7), perlapi-5.30.0, libc6 (>= 2.4), libacme-damn-perl, liblist-moreutils-perl, libsys-sigaction-perl
Filename: pool/universe/libf/libforks-perl/libforks-perl_0.36-2build5_amd64.deb
Size: 93972
MD5sum: c1e5dc227f8102f5062174a57428af37
SHA1: 2547f816cbf9c7b6b0307fb4ce738b2eb82b521c
SHA256: 76c9117fc0154a75948ab3bc718b47ea21e2bc319bdd9e00d441d48065f4b573
SHA512: b52f25c053815cbb0c29f17dd4ecafb83d58fe532b3319b68638d9486f1ca977f5a97004e307304c278772f1a5cde8b35fec242e6184d2a8fac35bc40e5d80e6
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/forks
Description-en: Perl module to emulate threads with fork
The forks.pm module is a drop-in replacement for threads.pm. It has the
same syntax as the threads.pm module (it even takes over its namespace) but
has some significant differences:
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- you do _not_ need a special (threaded) version of Perl
- it is _much_ more economic with memory usage on OS's that support COW
- it is more efficient in the startup of threads
- it is slightly less efficient in the stopping of threads
- it is less efficient in inter-thread communication
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If nothing else, it allows you to use the Perl threading model in
non-threaded Perl builds and in older versions of Perl (5.6.0 and
higher are supported).
Description-md5: 43f2df333a24cdaf61681840291a21a3