How To Install mod_passenger on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_passenger on CentOS 8.
What is mod_passenger
This package contains the pluggable Apache server module for Phusion Passenger\xae.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_passenger on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_passenger.
Install mod_passenger on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mod_passenger using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_passenger
Install mod_passenger on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mod_passenger using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_passenger
How To Uninstall mod_passenger on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mod_passenger package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_passenger
mod_passenger Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/httpd/conf.d/passenger.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-passenger.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/b46b367af7691bc85e3d9394b83b7721dc238d
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_passenger.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_passenger on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
