How To Install spawn-fcgi on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install spawn-fcgi on CentOS 7. spawn-fcgi is Simple program for spawning FastCGI processes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spawn-fcgi on CentOS 7.

What is spawn-fcgi

This package contains the spawn-fcgi program used for spawning FastCGI processes, which can be local or remote.

We can use yum or dnf to install spawn-fcgi on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install spawn-fcgi.

Install spawn-fcgi on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install spawn-fcgi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install spawn-fcgi

Install spawn-fcgi 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 spawn-fcgi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install spawn-fcgi

How To Uninstall spawn-fcgi on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the spawn-fcgi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove spawn-fcgi

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install spawn-fcgi on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.