How To Install mongoose on Fedora 34

mongoose is An easy-to-use self-sufficient web server

Introduction

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

What is `mongoose`

Mongoose web server executable is self-sufficient, it does not depend on anything to start serving requests. If it is copied to any directory and executed, it starts to serve that directory on port 8080 (so to access files, go to http for example, different listening port or IP-based access control, then a ‘mongoose.conf’ file with respective options can be created in the same directory where executable lives. This makes Mongoose perfect for all sorts of demos, quick tests, file sharing, and Web programming.

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

Install mongoose 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 mongoose using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mongoose

Install mongoose 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 mongoose using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mongoose

How To Uninstall mongoose on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mongoose

mongoose Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/mongoose
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/cb64522577908a03765f05a44a4a0cdf81aa4d
/usr/share/doc/mongoose
/usr/share/doc/mongoose/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mongoose/mongoose.conf
/usr/share/man/man1/mongoose.1.gz

References

mongoose website

Summary

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