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fcgi


Information about the package, fcgi, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fcgi package is designed for, FastCGI development kit.


Package Name:

fcgi

Summary:

FastCGI development kit

Description:

FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance without the limitations of server specific APIs.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.4.0

Release:

12.el6

Size:

41 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

OML



Handy Yum Commands for fcgi


Control the fcgi package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install fcgi

This command will install fcgi on the server.

yum remove fcgi

This command will un-install fcgi on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fcgi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove fcgi

This command will un-install fcgi on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove fcgi when using the -y flag.

yum update fcgi

This command will update fcgi to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fcgi, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update fcgi

This command will update fcgi to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove fcgi when using the -y flag.

yum info fcgi

This command will show you core information about the fcgi package.

yum deplist fcgi

This command will show you the dependencies for fcgi. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update fcgi

This command will check if there is an update waiting on fcgi. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.