How to Install PHP 8.2 in Rocky Linux 8
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 :
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A system with Rocky Linux 8 installed and running.
- root access to the system.
To add EPEL and REMI Repository.
dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
dnf -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpmTo install yum utilities.
dnf -y install yum-utilsTo enable php 8.2 Remi repository.
dnf module reset phpand
dnf module install php:remi-8.2Output:
[root@vps ~]# dnf module install php:remi-8.2
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:39 ago on Tue 13 Dec 2022 07:19:26 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing group/module packages:
php-cli x86_64 8.2.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 5.4 M
php-common x86_64 8.2.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 1.3 M
php-fpm x86_64 8.2.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 1.9 M
php-mbstring x86_64 8.2.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 574 k
php-xml x86_64 8.2.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 254 k
Installing dependencies:
httpd-filesystem noarch 2.4.37-51.module+el8.7.0+1059+126e9251 appstream 41 k
libxslt x86_64 1.1.32-6.el8 baseos 249 k
oniguruma5php x86_64 6.9.8-1.el8.remi remi-safe 212 k
Installing weak dependencies:
nginx-filesystem noarch 1:1.14.1-9.module+el8.4.0+542+81547229 appstream 23 k
Installing module profiles:
php/common
Enabling module streams:
httpd 2.4
nginx 1.14
php remi-8.2
Transaction Summary
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Install 9 PackagesTo install any remaining updates.
dnf update To Install PHP 8.2
To install PHP.
dnf install phpOutput:
[root@vps ~]# dnf install php
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:23 ago on Tue 13 Dec 2022 07:29:55 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
php x86_64 8.2.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 1.8 M
Installing dependencies:
apr x86_64 1.6.3-12.el8 appstream 128 k
apr-util x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8.1 appstream 104 k
httpd x86_64 2.4.37-51.module+el8.7.0+1059+126e9251 appstream 1.4 M
httpd-tools x86_64 2.4.37-51.module+el8.7.0+1059+126e9251 appstream 108 k
libsodium x86_64 1.0.18-2.el8 epel 162 k
mailcap noarch 2.1.48-3.el8 baseos 38 k
mod_http2 x86_64 1.15.7-5.module+el8.6.0+823+f143cee1 appstream 153 k
rocky-logos-httpd noarch 86.3-1.el8 baseos 24 k
Installing weak dependencies:
apr-util-bdb x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8.1 appstream 23 k
apr-util-openssl x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8.1 appstream 26 k
php-opcache x86_64 8.2.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 633 k
php-pdo x86_64 8.2.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 166 k
php-sodium x86_64 8.2.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 105 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 14 Packages
Total download size: 4.8 M
Installed size: 14 M
Is this ok [y/N]: yNOTE: It will prompt for permission type y and press Enter to proceed with the installation.
Check PHP Version.
php -vOutput:
[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
with Zend OPcache v8.2.0, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
This concludes our topic of installing PHP 8.2 on the Rocky Linux 8 system.