How To Install spawn-fcgi on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spawn-fcgi on Kali Linux.

What is spawn-fcgi

spawn-fcgi is:

Allows FastCGI processes to be separated from web server process :

• Easy creation of chmoded socket.
• Privilege separation without needing a suid-binary,
  or running a server as root.
• You can restart your web server and the FastCGI applications
  without restarting the others.
• You can run them in different chroot()s.
• Running your FastCGI applications doesn??t depend on the web server
  you are running, which allows for easier testing of/migration
  to other web servers.

There are three methods to install spawn-fcgi 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 spawn-fcgi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spawn-fcgi

Install spawn-fcgi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spawn-fcgi

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

sudo aptitude -y install spawn-fcgi

How To Uninstall spawn-fcgi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove spawn-fcgi

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Uninstall spawn-fcgi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spawn-fcgi

Remove spawn-fcgi Configurations and Data

To remove spawn-fcgi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge spawn-fcgi

Remove spawn-fcgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spawn-fcgi

Dependencies

spawn-fcgi have the following dependencies:

• libc6

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References

• spawn-fcgi website

Summary

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