How To Install php-soap on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-soap on Rocky Linux 8. php-soap is A module for PHP applications that use the SOAP protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-soap on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `php-soap`

The php-soap package contains a dynamic shared object that will add support to PHP for using the SOAP web services protocol.

We can use yum or dnf to install php-soap on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-soap.

Install php-soap on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install php-soap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-soap

Install php-soap on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install php-soap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-soap

How To Uninstall php-soap on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove php-soap

php-soap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/php.d/20-soap.ini
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/ebe9ddc9644149c090637e3f21ece2d3eb57f5
/usr/lib64/php/modules/soap.so

References

php-soap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-soap on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.