How To Install mod_speedycgi on Fedora 34

mod_speedycgi is SpeedyCGI module for the Apache HTTP Server

Introduction

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

What is mod_speedycgi

The SpeedyCGI module for the Apache HTTP Server. It can be used to run perl scripts for web application persistently to make them more quickly.

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

Install mod_speedycgi 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_speedycgi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_speedycgi

Install mod_speedycgi 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_speedycgi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_speedycgi

How To Uninstall mod_speedycgi on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mod_speedycgi

mod_speedycgi Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-speedycgi.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/4e1af8275476daa2f2ceeeb136f9cc39976ed2
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_speedycgi.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_speedycgi
/usr/share/doc/mod_speedycgi/example.conf

References

Summary

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