How To Install sphinx-php on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinx-php on Rocky Linux 8.
What is sphinx-php
This package provides the PHP API for Sphinx, the free, open-source full-text search engine, designed with indexing database content in mind.
We can use yum or dnf to install sphinx-php on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sphinx-php.
Install sphinx-php 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 sphinx-php using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sphinx-php
Install sphinx-php 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 sphinx-php using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sphinx-php
How To Uninstall sphinx-php on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the sphinx-php package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sphinx-php
sphinx-php Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/share/doc/sphinx-php
/usr/share/doc/sphinx-php/COPYING
/usr/share/php/sphinxapi.php
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinx-php on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.