How To Install sphinx-php on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinx-php on Rocky Linux 8. sphinx-php is PHP API for Sphinx

Introduction

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

What is sphinx-php

This package provides the PHP API for Sphinx, the free, open-source full-text search engine, designed with indexing database content in mind.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install sphinx-php

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

sudo yum -y install sphinx-php

How To Uninstall sphinx-php on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove sphinx-php

sphinx-php Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/sphinx-php
/usr/share/doc/sphinx-php/COPYING
/usr/share/php/sphinxapi.php

References

Summary

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