How To Install php-pecl-msgpack on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-msgpack on CentOS 7.
What is php-pecl-msgpack
This extension provide API for communicating with MessagePack serialization. MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format. It lets you exchange data among multiple languages like JSON but it’s faster and smaller. For example, small integers (like flags or error code) are encoded into a single byte, and typical short strings only require an extra byte in addition to the strings themselves. If you ever wished to use JSON for convenience (storing an image with metadata) but could not for technical reasons (encoding, size, speed…), MessagePack is a perfect replacement. This extension is still EXPERIMENTAL.
We can use yum or dnf to install php-pecl-msgpack on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pecl-msgpack.
Install php-pecl-msgpack 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-pecl-msgpack using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install php-pecl-msgpack
Install php-pecl-msgpack 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-pecl-msgpack using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-msgpack
How To Uninstall php-pecl-msgpack on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the php-pecl-msgpack package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove php-pecl-msgpack
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-msgpack on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
