How To Install lighttpd-fastcgi on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-fastcgi on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lighttpd-fastcgi.
Install lighttpd-fastcgi on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lighttpd-fastcgi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lighttpd-fastcgi
Install lighttpd-fastcgi on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lighttpd-fastcgi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lighttpd-fastcgi
How To Uninstall lighttpd-fastcgi on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lighttpd-fastcgi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lighttpd-fastcgi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-fastcgi on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.