How To Install php-pear-MDB2 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pear-MDB2 on CentOS 7.
What is php-pear-MDB2
PEAR abstraction layers. It provides a common API for all supported RDBMS. The main difference to most other DB abstraction packages is that MDB2 goes much further to ensure portability.
We can use yum or dnf to install php-pear-MDB2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pear-MDB2.
Install php-pear-MDB2 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-MDB2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install php-pear-MDB2
Install php-pear-MDB2 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-MDB2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install php-pear-MDB2
How To Uninstall php-pear-MDB2 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the php-pear-MDB2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove php-pear-MDB2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pear-MDB2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.