How To Install php-pecl-ssdeep on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-ssdeep on CentOS 7.
What is php-pecl-ssdeep
The ssdeep project page describes it as a library for “…computing context triggered piecewise hashes (CTPH). Also called fuzzy hashes, CTPH can match inputs that have homologies. Such inputs have sequences of identical bytes in the same order, although bytes in between these sequences may be different in both content and length”. For an in depth paper explaining context triggered piecewise hashes please see http This extensions wraps the ssdeep fuzzy hashing API created by Jesse Kornblum. Documentation
We can use yum or dnf to install php-pecl-ssdeep on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pecl-ssdeep.
Install php-pecl-ssdeep 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-ssdeep using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install php-pecl-ssdeep
Install php-pecl-ssdeep 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-ssdeep using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-ssdeep
How To Uninstall php-pecl-ssdeep on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the php-pecl-ssdeep package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove php-pecl-ssdeep
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-ssdeep on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
