How To Install php-phpoffice-phpexcel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-phpoffice-phpexcel on CentOS 7. php-phpoffice-phpexcel is A pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-phpoffice-phpexcel on CentOS 7.

What is php-phpoffice-phpexcel

Project providing a set of classes for the PHP programming language, which allow you to write to and read from different spreadsheet file formats, like Excel (BIFF) .xls, Excel 2007 (OfficeOpenXML) .xlsx, CSV, Libre/OpenOffice Calc .ods, Gnumeric, PDF, HTML, … This project is built around Microsoft’s OpenXML standard and PHP. Optional * APC (php-pecl-apc) * Memcache (php-pecl-memcache)

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

Install php-phpoffice-phpexcel 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-phpoffice-phpexcel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-phpoffice-phpexcel

Install php-phpoffice-phpexcel 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-phpoffice-phpexcel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-phpoffice-phpexcel

How To Uninstall php-phpoffice-phpexcel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the php-phpoffice-phpexcel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove php-phpoffice-phpexcel

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Summary

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