How To Install php-pgsql on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pgsql on Rocky Linux 8. php-pgsql is A PostgreSQL database module for PHP

Introduction

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

What is php-pgsql

The php-pgsql package add PostgreSQL database support to PHP. PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system that supports almost all SQL constructs. PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. If you need back-end support for PostgreSQL, you should install this package in addition to the main php package.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install php-pgsql

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

sudo yum -y install php-pgsql

How To Uninstall php-pgsql on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove php-pgsql

php-pgsql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/php.d/20-pgsql.ini
/etc/php.d/30-pdo_pgsql.ini
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/9f7facff82f2e5572d0eadf55c08c8e8ab228f
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/914f2d6f6944f6987ae99d59856777fb1e9697
/usr/lib64/php/modules/pdo_pgsql.so
/usr/lib64/php/modules/pgsql.so

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Summary

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