How To Install php-pear-DB on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pear-DB on CentOS 7. php-pear-DB is PEAR: Database Abstraction Layer

Introduction

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

What is php-pear-DB

DB is a database abstraction layer providing * an OO-style query API * portability features that make programs written for one DBMS work with other DBMS’s * a DSN (data source name) format for specifying database servers * prepare/execute (bind) emulation for databases that don’t support it natively * a result object for each query response * portable error codes * sequence emulation * sequential and non-sequential row fetching as well as bulk fetching * formats fetched rows as associative arrays, ordered arrays or objects * row limit support * transactions support * table information interface * DocBook and phpDocumentor API documentation DB layers itself on top of PHP’s existing database extensions.

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

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

sudo yum -y install php-pear-DB

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

sudo dnf -y install php-pear-DB

How To Uninstall php-pear-DB on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove php-pear-DB

References

Summary

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