How To Install php-tcpdf on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-tcpdf on CentOS 7. php-tcpdf is PHP class for generating PDF documents and barcodes

Introduction

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

What is php-tcpdf

PHP class for generating PDF documents. * no external libraries are required for the basic functions; * all standard page formats, custom page formats, custom margins and units of measure; * UTF-8 Unicode and Right-To-Left languages; * TrueTypeUnicode, OpenTypeUnicode, TrueType, OpenType, Type1 and CID-0 fonts; * font subsetting; * methods to publish some XHTML + CSS code, Javascript and Forms; * images, graphic (geometric figures) and transformation methods; * supports JPEG, PNG and SVG images natively, all images supported by GD (GD, GD2, GD2PART, GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, XBM, XPM) and all images supported via ImagMagick (http www.imagemagick.org/www/formats.html) * 1D and 2D barcodes CODE 93, USS-93, Standard 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, CODE 128 A/B/C, 2 and 5 Digits UPC-Based Extention, EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC-A, UPC-E, MSI, POSTNET, PLANET, RMS4CC (Royal Mail 4-state Customer Code), CBC (Customer Bar Code), KIX (Klant index - Customer index), Intelligent Mail Barcode, Onecode, USPS-B-3200, CODABAR, CODE 11, PHARMACODE, PHARMACODE TWO-TRACKS, Datamatrix ECC200, QR-Code, PDF417; * ICC Color Profiles, Grayscale, RGB, CMYK, Spot Colors and Transparencies; * automatic page header and footer management; * document encryption up to 256 bit and digital signature certifications; * transactions to UNDO commands; * PDF annotations, including links, text and file attachments; * text rendering modes (fill, stroke and clipping); * multiple columns mode; * no-write page regions; * bookmarks and table of content; * text hyphenation; * text stretching and spacing (tracking/kerning); * automatic page break, line break and text alignments including justification; * automatic page numbering and page groups; * move and delete pages; * page compression (requires php-zlib extension); * XOBject templates; * PDF/A-1b (ISO 19005-1 By default, TCPDF uses the GD library which is know as slower than ImageMagick solution. You can optionally install php-pecl-imagick; TCPDF will use it.

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

Install php-tcpdf 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-tcpdf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-tcpdf

Install php-tcpdf 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-tcpdf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-tcpdf

How To Uninstall php-tcpdf on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove php-tcpdf

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Summary

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