How To Install php-mbstring on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-mbstring on Rocky Linux 8. php-mbstring is A module for PHP applications which need multi-byte string handling

Introduction

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

What is php-mbstring

The php-mbstring package contains a dynamic shared object that will add support for multi-byte string handling to PHP.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install php-mbstring

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

sudo yum -y install php-mbstring

How To Uninstall php-mbstring on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove php-mbstring

php-mbstring Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/php.d/20-mbstring.ini
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/7b251bae0292294ddf3fdffb0878236c13c069
/usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so
/usr/share/licenses/php-mbstring
/usr/share/licenses/php-mbstring/libmbfl_LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/php-mbstring/oniguruma_COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/php-mbstring/ucgendat_LICENSE

References

Summary

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