How To Install mod_ruid2 on Fedora 34

mod_ruid2 is A suexec module for Apache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_ruid2 on Fedora 34.

What is mod_ruid2

mod_ruid2 is a suexec module for Apache which takes advantage of POSIX.1e capabilities to increase performance.

We can use yum or dnf to install mod_ruid2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_ruid2.

Install mod_ruid2 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_ruid2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_ruid2

Install mod_ruid2 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_ruid2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_ruid2

How To Uninstall mod_ruid2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the mod_ruid2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mod_ruid2

mod_ruid2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.d/mod_ruid2.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-mod_ruid2.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/ce3ce84a182d05b4e6e73fb276f72101dec2ea
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_ruid2.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_ruid2
/usr/share/doc/mod_ruid2/README
/usr/share/licenses/mod_ruid2
/usr/share/licenses/mod_ruid2/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_ruid2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.