How To Install mod_speedycgi on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_speedycgi on CentOS 8.
What is mod_speedycgi
The SpeedyCGI module for the Apache HTTP Server. It can be used to run perl scripts for web application persistently to make them more quickly.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_speedycgi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_speedycgi.
Install mod_speedycgi 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_speedycgi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_speedycgi
Install mod_speedycgi 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_speedycgi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_speedycgi
How To Uninstall mod_speedycgi on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mod_speedycgi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_speedycgi
mod_speedycgi Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-speedycgi.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/63f1f52ca83fccf65ce12ad2b603eb8f54dc22
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_speedycgi.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_speedycgi
/usr/share/doc/mod_speedycgi/example.conf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_speedycgi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.