How To Install lighttpd on Fedora 36
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd in Fedora 36. lighttpd is Lightning fast webserver with light system requirements
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd on Fedora 36.
What is lighttpd
lighttpd (pronounced /lighty/) is a secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments. lighttpd uses memory and CPU efficiently and has lower resource use than other popular web servers. Its advanced feature-set (FastCGI, CGI, Auth, Output-Compression, URL-Rewriting and much more) make lighttpd the perfect web server for all systems, small and large.
We can use yum or dnf to install lighttpd on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lighttpd.
Install lighttpd on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lighttpd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lighttpd
Install lighttpd on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lighttpd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lighttpd
How To Uninstall lighttpd on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the lighttpd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lighttpd
lighttpd Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/access_log.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/auth.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/cgi.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/debug.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/dirlisting.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/evhost.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/expire.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/mime.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/mod.template
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/proxy.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/rrdtool.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/scgi.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/secdownload.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/simple_vhost.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/ssi.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/status.conf
/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/userdir.conf
/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
/etc/lighttpd/modules.conf
/etc/lighttpd/vhosts.d/vhosts.template
/etc/logrotate.d/lighttpd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
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/usr/lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/lighttpd.conf
/usr/lib64/lighttpd
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_access.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_accesslog.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_ajp13.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_alias.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_auth.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_authn_file.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_cgi.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_dirlisting.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_evasive.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_evhost.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_expire.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_extforward.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_indexfile.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_proxy.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_redirect.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_rewrite.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_rrdtool.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_scgi.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_secdownload.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_setenv.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_simple_vhost.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_sockproxy.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_ssi.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_staticfile.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_status.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_uploadprogress.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_userdir.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_usertrack.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_vhostdb.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_webdav.so
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_wstunnel.so
/usr/sbin/lighttpd
/usr/sbin/lighttpd-angel
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/README
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/access_log.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/auth.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/cgi.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/debug.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/deflate.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/dirlisting.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/evhost.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/expire.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/fastcgi.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/magnet.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/mime.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/mod.template
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/proxy.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/rrdtool.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/scgi.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/secdownload.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/simple_vhost.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/ssi.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/status.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/userdir.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/conf.d/webdav.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/lighttpd.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/lighttpd.conf.defaultconf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/modules.conf
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/vhosts.d
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/config/vhosts.d/vhosts.template
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd/rrdtool-graph.sh
/usr/share/licenses/lighttpd
/usr/share/licenses/lighttpd/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/lighttpd-angel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/lighttpd.8.gz
/var/www/lighttpd/favicon.ico
/var/www/lighttpd/index.html
/var/www/lighttpd/light_button.png
/var/www/lighttpd/light_logo.png
/var/www/lighttpd/poweredby.png
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).