How to Install PHP 8.2 in AlmaLinux 9

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PHP is a script language and interpreter that is freely available and used primarily on Linux Web servers.

To install PHP 8.2, we’ll need to add/enable the Remi RPM repositories which contain the PHP 8.2 packages that we need.

Pre-requisites :

• A system with AlmaLinux 9 installed and running.

• root access to the system.

First, let’s start by ensuring your system is up-to-date.

dnf update

Installing the EPEL and Remi Repository

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For this, we use the PHP 8.2 packaged by Remi,

First, let us install the EPEL repository,

dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm

Next, install the Remi repository with the following command,

dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-9.rpm

Output:

[root@vps ~]# dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-9.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:35 ago on Tue 13 Dec 2022 06:40:27 AM UTC.
remi-release-9.rpm                                                                                      34 kB/s |  25 kB     00:00
Dependencies resolved.
=======================================================================================================================================
 Package                          Architecture               Version                            Repository                        Size
=======================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 remi-release                     noarch                     9.0-6.el9.remi                     @commandline                      25 k
Installing dependencies:
 epel-release                     noarch                     9-2.el9                            extras                            17 k

Transaction Summary
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Install  2 Packages

List the available PHP module stream

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To check/list the available PHP versions, use the following command,

dnf module list php

Output:

[root@vps ~]# dnf module list php
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64                                                          15 MB/s |  12 MB     00:00
Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64                                              810  B/s | 833  B     00:01
Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64                                              3.0 MB/s | 3.1 kB     00:00
Importing GPG key 0x478F8947:
 Userid     : "Remi's RPM repository (https://rpms.remirepo.net/) <remi@remirepo.net>"
 Fingerprint: B1AB F71E 14C9 D748 97E1 98A8 B195 27F1 478F 8947
 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi.el9
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64                                              457 kB/s | 792 kB     00:01
Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64                                             909  B/s | 833  B     00:00
Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64                                             3.0 MB/s | 3.1 kB     00:00
Importing GPG key 0x478F8947:
 Userid     : "Remi's RPM repository (https://rpms.remirepo.net/) <remi@remirepo.net>"
 Fingerprint: B1AB F71E 14C9 D748 97E1 98A8 B195 27F1 478F 8947
 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi.el9
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64                                             553 kB/s | 883 kB     00:01
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Tue 13 Dec 2022 06:49:00 AM UTC.
AlmaLinux 9 - AppStream
Name                   Stream                     Profiles                                     Summary
php                    8.1                        common [d], devel, minimal                   PHP scripting language

Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64
Name                   Stream                     Profiles                                     Summary
php                    remi-7.4                   common [d], devel, minimal                   PHP scripting language
php                    remi-8.0                   common [d], devel, minimal                   PHP scripting language
php                    remi-8.1                   common [d], devel, minimal                   PHP scripting language
php                    remi-8.2                   common [d], devel, minimal                   PHP scripting language

Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled

Installing PHP 8.2

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Now, let's install PHP 8.2 via the remi repository,

dnf module install php:remi-8.2

Output:

[root@vps ~]# dnf module install php:remi-8.2
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:36 ago on Tue 13 Dec 2022 06:49:00 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
=======================================================================================================================================
 Package                           Architecture            Version                                 Repository                     Size
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Installing group/module packages:
 php-cli                           x86_64                  8.2.0-1.el9.remi                        remi-modular                  5.3 M
 php-common                        x86_64                  8.2.0-1.el9.remi                        remi-modular                  831 k
 php-fpm                           x86_64                  8.2.0-1.el9.remi                        remi-modular                  1.8 M
 php-mbstring                      x86_64                  8.2.0-1.el9.remi                        remi-modular                  574 k
 php-xml                           x86_64                  8.2.0-1.el9.remi                        remi-modular                  204 k
Installing dependencies:
 httpd-filesystem                  noarch                  2.4.53-7.el9                            appstream                      14 k
 libxslt                           x86_64                  1.1.34-9.el9                            appstream                     240 k
 oniguruma5php                     x86_64                  6.9.8-1.el9.remi                        remi-safe                     219 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 nginx-filesystem                  noarch                  1:1.20.1-13.el9.alma                    appstream                      11 k
Installing module profiles:
 php/common
Enabling module streams:
 php                                                       remi-8.2

Transaction Summary
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Install  9 Packages

Total download size: 9.2 M
Installed size: 53 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y

You can update your system and install packages at any time by running the following command,

dnf update

Check Installed PHP Version

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Now that we have installed PHP 8.2 via the remi repository, we can verify the version installed by running the php -v command,

php -v

Output:

[root@vps ~]# php -v
PHP 8.2.0 (cli) (built: Dec  6 2022 14:26:47) (NTS gcc x86_64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.2.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

This concludes our topic of installing PHP 8.2 on AlmaLinux 9 the system.