How To Install ebhttpd on Fedora 34

ebhttpd is HTTP server for accessing CD-ROM books

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ebhttpd on Fedora 34.

What is ebhttpd

This package contains a specialized HTTP server that supports HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1. which provide a way to access “CD-ROM books” through the EB library. Note that ebhttpd can’t be used for generic WWW purposes.

We can use yum or dnf to install ebhttpd on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ebhttpd.

Install ebhttpd on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install ebhttpd

Install ebhttpd on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ebhttpd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ebhttpd

How To Uninstall ebhttpd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ebhttpd

ebhttpd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/lib/systemd/system/ebhttpd-instances.target
/lib/systemd/system/ebhttpd.socket
/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/e440584dcb6040a09130beec783c4f7db367ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/36c14167cb813d3425c51826c374003d836dac
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/defb4fa3c916ce73be2d403f3defdb14bb40ba
/usr/libexec/ebhtstat
/usr/sbin/ebhtcheck
/usr/sbin/ebhtcontrol
/usr/sbin/ebhttpd
/usr/share/doc/ebhttpd
/usr/share/doc/ebhttpd/ebhttpd-README.dist

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ebhttpd on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.