How To Install php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish on CentOS 7. php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish is Quick two-way blowfish encryption

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish on CentOS 7.

What is php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish

This package allows you to perform two-way blowfish encryption on the fly using only PHP. This package does not require the MCrypt PHP extension to work, although it can make use of it if available.

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

Install php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish 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-Crypt-Blowfish using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish

Install php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish 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-Crypt-Blowfish using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish

How To Uninstall php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove php-pear-Crypt-Blowfish

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Summary

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