How To Install libfcgi-bin on Debian 10

Learn how to install libfcgi-bin on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libfcgi-bin is FastCGI bridge from CGI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfcgi-bin on Debian 10.

What is libfcgi-bin

libfcgi-bin is:

FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance without the limitations of server specific APIs.

This package contains the cgi-fcgi utility to bridge between CGI and FastCGI.

There are three methods to install libfcgi-bin on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libfcgi-bin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfcgi-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfcgi-bin

Install libfcgi-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfcgi-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfcgi-bin

Install libfcgi-bin Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libfcgi-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfcgi-bin

How To Uninstall libfcgi-bin on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libfcgi-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfcgi-bin

Uninstall libfcgi-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfcgi-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfcgi-bin

Remove libfcgi-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libfcgi-bin configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfcgi-bin

Remove libfcgi-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfcgi-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfcgi-bin

Dependencies

libfcgi-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfcgi-bin package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.