How To Install php-phpmd-PHP-PMD on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-phpmd-PHP-PMD on CentOS 7. php-phpmd-PHP-PMD is PHPMD - PHP Mess Detector

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-phpmd-PHP-PMD on CentOS 7.

What is php-phpmd-PHP-PMD

This is the project site of PHPMD. It is a spin-off project of PHP Depend and aims to be a PHP equivalent of the well known Java tool PMD. PHPMD can be seen as an user friendly front-end application for the raw metrics stream measured by PHP Depend.

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

Install php-phpmd-PHP-PMD 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-phpmd-PHP-PMD using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-phpmd-PHP-PMD

Install php-phpmd-PHP-PMD 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-phpmd-PHP-PMD using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-phpmd-PHP-PMD

How To Uninstall php-phpmd-PHP-PMD on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the php-phpmd-PHP-PMD package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove php-phpmd-PHP-PMD

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-phpmd-PHP-PMD on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.