How To Install fcgi on Fedora 34

fcgi is FastCGI development kit FastCGI development kit

Introduction

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

What is `fcgi`

FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance without the limitations of server specific APIs. fcgi 2.4.0 39.fc34 x86_64 46 k fcgi-2.4.0-39.fc34.src.rpm fedora FastCGI development kit http OML FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance without the limitations of server specific APIs.

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

Install fcgi 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 fcgi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fcgi

Install fcgi 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 fcgi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fcgi

How To Uninstall fcgi on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove fcgi

fcgi Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/cgi-fcgi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/35c5c294d6227c7a75b37f50f905f71be93867
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/250c38afba051b165d5b1ef6cc6093b63aaa71
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/7793722a64acfa1d0a4aca818716d8b5c90fca
/usr/lib64/libfcgi++.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfcgi++.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libfcgi.so.0
/usr/lib64/libfcgi.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/fcgi
/usr/share/doc/fcgi/LICENSE.TERMS
/usr/share/licenses/fcgi
/usr/share/licenses/fcgi/LICENSE.TERMS
/usr/share/man/man1/cgi-fcgi.1.gz
/usr/bin/cgi-fcgi
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/20aafc84086c11874f2ae6985a58b5b48dd817
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/e5b09b0ba3b0ff9511d46840376c5c6457793f
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/872eb92a857533ba3d226e30c4235b47781cb7
/usr/lib/libfcgi++.so.0
/usr/lib/libfcgi++.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libfcgi.so.0
/usr/lib/libfcgi.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/doc/fcgi
/usr/share/doc/fcgi/LICENSE.TERMS
/usr/share/licenses/fcgi
/usr/share/licenses/fcgi/LICENSE.TERMS
/usr/share/man/man1/cgi-fcgi.1.gz

References

[fcgi website](http://www.fastcgi.com/#TheDevKit http://www.fastcgi.com/#TheDevKit)

Summary

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