How To Install php-pear-CodeGen-PECL on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pear-CodeGen-PECL on CentOS 7. php-pear-CodeGen-PECL is Tool to generate PECL extensions from an XML description

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pear-CodeGen-PECL on CentOS 7.

What is php-pear-CodeGen-PECL

CodeGen_PECL (formerly known as PECL_Gen) is a pure PHP replacement for the ext_skel shell script that comes with the PHP 4 source. It reads in configuration options, function prototypes and code fragments from an XML description file and then generates a complete ready-to-compile PECL extension.

We can use yum or dnf to install php-pear-CodeGen-PECL on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pear-CodeGen-PECL.

Install php-pear-CodeGen-PECL on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install php-pear-CodeGen-PECL

Install php-pear-CodeGen-PECL on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install php-pear-CodeGen-PECL

How To Uninstall php-pear-CodeGen-PECL on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the php-pear-CodeGen-PECL package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove php-pear-CodeGen-PECL

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pear-CodeGen-PECL on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.