How To Install lighttpd-fastcgi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-fastcgi on Rocky Linux 8. lighttpd-fastcgi is FastCGI module and spawning helper for lighttpd and PHP configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-fastcgi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is lighttpd-fastcgi

This package contains the spawn-fcgi helper for lighttpd’s automatic spawning of local FastCGI programs. Included is also a PHP .ini file to change a few defaults needed for correct FastCGI behavior.

We can use yum or dnf to install lighttpd-fastcgi on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lighttpd-fastcgi.

Install lighttpd-fastcgi on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lighttpd-fastcgi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lighttpd-fastcgi

Install lighttpd-fastcgi on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lighttpd-fastcgi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lighttpd-fastcgi

How To Uninstall lighttpd-fastcgi on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the lighttpd-fastcgi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lighttpd-fastcgi

lighttpd-fastcgi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/fastcgi.conf
/etc/php.d/lighttpd.ini
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/ae16c249bbe6389e1917b589a06298e7b16347
/usr/lib64/lighttpd
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.so
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd-fastcgi
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd-fastcgi/fastcgi-state.txt
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd-fastcgi/fastcgi.txt
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd-fastcgi/spawn-php.sh

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-fastcgi on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.