How To Install php-pear-DB on CentOS 7
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.
