How To Install fcgiwrap on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcgiwrap on Kali Linux.

What is fcgiwrap

fcgiwrap is:

fcgiwrap is a simple server for running CGI applications over FastCGI. Its goal is to provide clean CGI support to the nginx webserver, although can be used with others.

fcgiwrap is lightweight and has no configuration, making it possible to use the same pool to run different sites.

There are three methods to install fcgiwrap on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fcgiwrap Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fcgiwrap using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcgiwrap

Install fcgiwrap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fcgiwrap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fcgiwrap

Install fcgiwrap Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fcgiwrap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcgiwrap

How To Uninstall fcgiwrap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fcgiwrap

Uninstall fcgiwrap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fcgiwrap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcgiwrap

Remove fcgiwrap Configurations and Data

To remove fcgiwrap configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcgiwrap

Remove fcgiwrap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fcgiwrap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcgiwrap

Dependencies

fcgiwrap have the following dependencies:

• lsb-base
• spawn-fcgi
• libc6
• libfcgi0ldbl
• libsystemd0

References

• fcgiwrap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcgiwrap package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.