How To Install mod_fcgid on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_fcgid on Fedora 34.
What is mod_fcgid
mod_fcgid is a binary-compatible alternative to the Apache module mod_fastcgi. mod_fcgid has a new process management strategy, which concentrates on reducing the number of fastcgi servers, and kicking out corrupt fastcgi servers as soon as possible.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_fcgid on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_fcgid.
Install mod_fcgid 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 mod_fcgid using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_fcgid
Install mod_fcgid 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 mod_fcgid using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_fcgid
How To Uninstall mod_fcgid on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mod_fcgid package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_fcgid
mod_fcgid Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/httpd/conf.d/fcgid.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-fcgid.conf
/run/mod_fcgid
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/bb87b556e849e22f1064a4c6738c5b6e631402
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mod_fcgid.conf
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_fcgid.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/CHANGES-FCGID
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/NOTICE-FCGID
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/README-FCGID
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/README.RPM
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/README.SELinux
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/STATUS-FCGID
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/fixconf.sed
/usr/share/doc/mod_fcgid/mod_fcgid.html.en
/usr/share/licenses/mod_fcgid
/usr/share/licenses/mod_fcgid/LICENSE-FCGID
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_fcgid on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.