How To Install php-embedded on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-embedded on Rocky Linux 8. php-embedded is PHP library for embedding in applications

Introduction

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

What is `php-embedded`

The php-embedded package contains a library which can be embedded into applications to provide PHP scripting language support.

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

Install php-embedded 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-embedded using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-embedded

Install php-embedded 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-embedded using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-embedded

How To Uninstall php-embedded on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove php-embedded

php-embedded Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/186965f0cf282d0ebb728d54b51b74cb18bd96
/usr/lib64/libphp7-7.2.so
/usr/lib64/libphp7.so

References

php-embedded website

Summary

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