How To Install remctl-php on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install remctl-php on Rocky Linux 8. remctl-php is PHP interface to remctl

Introduction

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

What is remctl-php

remctl implements a client/server protocol for running single commands on a remote host using Kerberos v5 authentication. If you want to use remctl’s PHP bindings, you need to install this package.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install remctl-php

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

sudo yum -y install remctl-php

How To Uninstall remctl-php on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove remctl-php

remctl-php Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/php.d/40-remctl.ini
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/45f02a261cf11d778e2f0e671c2e69d451ea02
/usr/lib64/php/modules/remctl.so
/usr/share/doc/remctl-php
/usr/share/doc/remctl-php/README

References

Summary

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