How To Install php-pecl-ssdeep on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-ssdeep in Fedora 36. php-pecl-ssdeep is Wrapper for libfuzzy library

Introduction

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

What is `php-pecl-ssdeep`

The ssdeep project page describes it as a library for “…computing context triggered piecewise hashes (CTPH). Also called fuzzy hashes, CTPH can match inputs that have homologies. Such inputs have sequences of identical bytes in the same order, although bytes in between these sequences may be different in both content and length”. For an in depth paper explaining context triggered piecewise hashes please see http This extensions wraps the ssdeep fuzzy hashing API created by Jesse Kornblum. Documentation

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

Install php-pecl-ssdeep 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-pecl-ssdeep using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-ssdeep

Install php-pecl-ssdeep 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-pecl-ssdeep using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-pecl-ssdeep

How To Uninstall php-pecl-ssdeep on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove php-pecl-ssdeep

php-pecl-ssdeep Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/php-zts.d/40-ssdeep.ini
/etc/php.d/40-ssdeep.ini
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/cd042e87f1c363b8f314f75c180a1c7946fc9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/35706eceaccba9a827557177e47580c2926c79
/usr/lib64/php-zts/modules/ssdeep.so
/usr/lib64/php/modules/ssdeep.so
/usr/share/doc/pecl/ssdeep
/usr/share/doc/pecl/ssdeep/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/pecl/ssdeep/README
/usr/share/doc/pecl/ssdeep/examples
/usr/share/doc/pecl/ssdeep/examples/example.php
/usr/share/licenses/php-pecl-ssdeep
/usr/share/licenses/php-pecl-ssdeep/LICENSE
/var/lib/php/peclxml/php-pecl-ssdeep.xml

References

php-pecl-ssdeep website

Summary

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