How To Install lighttpd-fastcgi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-fastcgi in Fedora 36. lighttpd-fastcgi is FastCGI module and spawning helper for lighttpd and PHP configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-fastcgi on Fedora 36.

What is lighttpd-fastcgi

This package contains the spawn-fcgi helper for lighttpd’s automatic spawning of local FastCGI programs. Included is also a PHP .ini file to change a few defaults needed for correct FastCGI behavior.

We can use yum or dnf to install lighttpd-fastcgi on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lighttpd-fastcgi.

Install lighttpd-fastcgi 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-fastcgi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lighttpd-fastcgi

Install lighttpd-fastcgi 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-fastcgi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lighttpd-fastcgi

How To Uninstall lighttpd-fastcgi on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the lighttpd-fastcgi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lighttpd-fastcgi

lighttpd-fastcgi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/fastcgi.conf
/etc/php.d/lighttpd.ini
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/df5aeb40b8b24645ee75ec612fa517673e1168
/usr/lib64/lighttpd
/usr/lib64/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.so
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd-fastcgi
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd-fastcgi/fastcgi-state.txt
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd-fastcgi/fastcgi.txt
/usr/share/doc/lighttpd-fastcgi/spawn-php.sh

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-fastcgi on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).