How to Install and Uninstall libforks-perl Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libforks-perl" package

This guide let you learn how to install libforks-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libforks-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libforks-perl
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Installed-Size: 313
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.36-2build1
Depends: perl (>= 5.22.1-1), perlapi-5.22.1, libc6 (>= 2.4), libacme-damn-perl, liblist-moreutils-perl, libsys-sigaction-perl
Filename: pool/universe/libf/libforks-perl/libforks-perl_0.36-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 93748
MD5sum: fda9ed15ac72224cc32db4663e559350
SHA1: 83b3457af5b0bba0698015182ed78b3b80809a6a
SHA256: 69053744446871171aa4438f6954ac7fca387cb90121d4953a18d388550b0b9e
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
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/forks
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu