How To Install php-facedetect on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-facedetect in Fedora 36. php-facedetect is PHP extension to access the OpenCV library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-facedetect on Fedora 36.

What is `php-facedetect`

This extension provides a PHP implementation of the OpenCV library. The extension offers two new functions. In principle, they differ only by their return value. The first returns only the number of faces found on the given image and the other an associative array of their coordinates.

We can use yum or dnf to install php-facedetect on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-facedetect.

Install php-facedetect on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install php-facedetect

Install php-facedetect on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install php-facedetect

How To Uninstall php-facedetect on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove php-facedetect

php-facedetect Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/php.d/40-facedetect.ini
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/e29a59e25b2e513ad3b6a580c36a6ba2c5edb9
/usr/lib64/php/modules/facedetect.so
/usr/share/doc/php-facedetect
/usr/share/doc/php-facedetect/CREDITS
/usr/share/licenses/php-facedetect
/usr/share/licenses/php-facedetect/LICENSE

References

php-facedetect website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-facedetect on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).