How To Install php-pecl-ncurses on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-ncurses on CentOS 7.
What is php-pecl-ncurses
ncurses (new curses) is a free software emulation of curses in System V Rel 4.0 (and above). It uses terminfo format, supports pads, colors, multiple highlights, form characters and function key mapping. Because of the interactive nature of this library, it will be of little use for writing Web applications, but may be useful when writing scripts meant using PHP from the command line.
We can use yum or dnf to install php-pecl-ncurses on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pecl-ncurses.
Install php-pecl-ncurses 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-ncurses using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install php-pecl-ncurses
Install php-pecl-ncurses 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-ncurses using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-ncurses
How To Uninstall php-pecl-ncurses on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the php-pecl-ncurses package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove php-pecl-ncurses
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-ncurses on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
