How To Install php-dbg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-dbg on Rocky Linux 8. php-dbg is The interactive PHP debugger

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-dbg on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `php-dbg`

The php-dbg package contains the interactive PHP debugger.

We can use yum or dnf to install php-dbg on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-dbg.

Install php-dbg on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install php-dbg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-dbg

Install php-dbg on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install php-dbg

How To Uninstall php-dbg on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the php-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove php-dbg

php-dbg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/phpdbg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/caff5815f546509ef53ad83d62fa2ef3f4e90e
/usr/share/doc/php-dbg
/usr/share/doc/php-dbg/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/php-dbg/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/phpdbg.1.gz

References

php-dbg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-dbg on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.