How To Install php-pecl-xmldiff on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-xmldiff on CentOS 7. php-pecl-xmldiff is Pecl package for XML diff and merge

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-xmldiff on CentOS 7.

What is php-pecl-xmldiff

The extension is able to produce diffs of two XML documents and then to apply the difference to the source document. The diff is a XML document containing copy/insert/delete instruction nodes in human readable format. DOMDocument objects, local files and strings in memory can be processed.

We can use yum or dnf to install php-pecl-xmldiff on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pecl-xmldiff.

Install php-pecl-xmldiff 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-xmldiff using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-pecl-xmldiff

Install php-pecl-xmldiff 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-xmldiff using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-xmldiff

How To Uninstall php-pecl-xmldiff on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the php-pecl-xmldiff package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove php-pecl-xmldiff

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-xmldiff on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.