How to Install PHP 7.4 and 8.1 in AlmaLinux 10

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On AlmaLinux 10, PHP 8.1 packages are not available in the default OS AppStream repositories. By default, the version of PHP available on our AlmaLinux to install is PHP 8.0, so to get the newer versions such as PHP 8.1, we need to add/enable third-party repositories such as Remi.

To install PHP 8.1, we’ll need to add/enable the Remi RPM repositories which contain the PHP 8.1 packages that we need.

Pre-requisites :

• A system with AlmaLinux 10 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 7.4 and 8.1 packaged by Remi,

First, let us install the EPEL repository,

dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-10.noarch.rpm

Next, install the Remi repository with the following command,

dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-10.rpm

Output:

[root@vps ~]# dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-10.rpm
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 10 - x86_64  22 MB/s | 4.5 MB     00:00
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:02 ago on Thu Jun  5 06:07:28 2025.
remi-release-10.rpm                             427 kB/s |  33 kB     00:00
Dependencies resolved.
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 Package           Arch        Version                  Repository         Size
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Installing:
 remi-release      noarch      10.0-3.el10.remi         @commandline       33 k

Transaction Summary
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Install  1 Package

Total size: 33 k
Installed size: 34 k

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
Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux  1.2 MB/s | 205 kB     00:00
Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 1.9 MB/s | 358 kB     00:00
Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 10 - 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
php      remi-8.3     common [d], devel, minimal     PHP scripting language
php      remi-8.4     common [d], devel, minimal     PHP scripting language

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

Installing PHP 7.4

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Now, let's install PHP 7.4 via the remi repository,

dnf module install php:remi-7.4

Output:

[root@vps ~]# dnf module install php:remi-7.4
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:16 ago on Thu Jun  5 06:07:41 2025.
Dependencies resolved.
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 Package              Arch       Version                 Repository        Size
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Installing group/module packages:
 php-cli              x86_64     7.4.33-23.el10.remi     remi-modular     1.8 M
 php-common           x86_64     7.4.33-23.el10.remi     remi-modular     642 k
 php-fpm              x86_64     7.4.33-23.el10.remi     remi-modular     1.5 M
 php-mbstring         x86_64     7.4.33-23.el10.remi     remi-modular     466 k
 php-xml              x86_64     7.4.33-23.el10.remi     remi-modular     130 k
Installing dependencies:
 httpd-filesystem     noarch     2.4.63-1.el10           appstream         13 k
 libxslt              x86_64     1.1.39-7.el10_0         appstream        189 k
 oniguruma5php        x86_64     6.9.10-1.el10.remi      remi-safe        217 k
 php-json             x86_64     7.4.33-23.el10.remi     remi-modular      31 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 nginx-filesystem     noarch     2:1.26.3-1.el10         appstream         11 k
Installing module profiles:
 php/common
Enabling module streams:
 php                             remi-7.4

Transaction Summary
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Install  10 Packages

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 7.4 via the remi repository, we can verify the version installed by running the php -v command,

php -v

Output:

[root@vps ~]# php -v
PHP 7.4.33 (cli) (built: Mar 18 2025 06:46:44) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

Installing PHP 8.1

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Now, let's install PHP 8.1 via the remi repository,

dnf module install php:remi-8.1

Output:

[root@vps ~]# dnf module install php:remi-8.1
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:11 ago on Thu Jun  5 06:29:59 2025.
Dependencies resolved.
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 Package              Arch       Version                 Repository        Size
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Installing group/module packages:
 php-cli              x86_64     8.1.32-1.el10.remi      remi-modular     2.1 M
 php-common           x86_64     8.1.32-1.el10.remi      remi-modular     673 k
 php-fpm              x86_64     8.1.32-1.el10.remi      remi-modular     1.7 M
 php-mbstring         x86_64     8.1.32-1.el10.remi      remi-modular     470 k
 php-xml              x86_64     8.1.32-1.el10.remi      remi-modular     141 k
Installing dependencies:
 httpd-filesystem     noarch     2.4.63-1.el10           appstream         13 k
 libxslt              x86_64     1.1.39-7.el10_0         appstream        189 k
 oniguruma5php        x86_64     6.9.10-1.el10.remi      remi-safe        217 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 nginx-filesystem     noarch     2:1.26.3-1.el10         appstream         11 k
Installing module profiles:
 php/common
Enabling module streams:
 php                             remi-8.1

Transaction Summary
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Install  9 Packages

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 8.1 via the remi repository, we can verify the version installed by running the php -v command,

php -v

Output:

[root@vps ~]# php -v
PHP 8.1.32 (cli) (built: Mar 11 2025 22:09:20) (NTS gcc x86_64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.1.32, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

DONE!