spawn-fcgi command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix spawn-fcgi command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

spawn-fcgi: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: spawn-fcgi: command not found

In Ubuntu spawn-fcgi is provided by spawn-fcgi package.

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.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install spawn-fcgi

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install spawn-fcgi.

sudo apt -y install spawn-fcgi

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install spawn-fcgi

In this tutorial we learn how to fix spawn-fcgi command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.