How To Install php-pecl-yaml on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-yaml on CentOS 7. php-pecl-yaml is Support for YAML 1.1 serialization using the LibYAML library

Introduction

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

What is php-pecl-yaml

The YAML PHP Extension provides a wrapper to the LibYAML library. It gives the user the ability to parse YAML document streams into PHP constructs and emit PHP constructs as valid YAML 1.1 documents.

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

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

sudo yum -y install php-pecl-yaml

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

sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-yaml

How To Uninstall php-pecl-yaml on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove php-pecl-yaml

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Summary

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