How To Install fcgiwrap on Debian 10

Learn how to install fcgiwrap on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fcgiwrap is simple server to run CGI applications over FastCGI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcgiwrap on Debian 10.

What is fcgiwrap

fcgiwrap is:

fcgiwrap is a simple server for running CGI applications over FastCGI. Its goal is to provide clean CGI support to the nginx webserver, although can be used with others.

fcgiwrap is lightweight and has no configuration, making it possible to use the same pool to run different sites.

There are three methods to install fcgiwrap 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 fcgiwrap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fcgiwrap

Install fcgiwrap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fcgiwrap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fcgiwrap

Install fcgiwrap 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 fcgiwrap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcgiwrap

How To Uninstall fcgiwrap on Debian 10

To uninstall only the fcgiwrap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcgiwrap

Uninstall fcgiwrap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcgiwrap

Remove fcgiwrap Configurations and Data

To remove fcgiwrap configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcgiwrap

Remove fcgiwrap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcgiwrap

Dependencies

fcgiwrap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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