Wednesday, December 29, 2021

[SOLVED] Unable to install php7 on fedora

Issue

I am running Fedora 24 on my development workstation. Eclipse needs php executables that match those on the server (Centos).

I have installed the remi-release repository and followed the instructions at https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2016/12/05/Install-PHP-7.1-on-CentOS-RHEL-or-Fedora:

# wget http://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-24.rpm
# dnf install remi-release-24.rpm
# dnf install dnf-plugins-core
# dnf config-manager --set-enabled remi-php71
# dnf update

When I invoke php there is no php:

# php -v
bash: /usr/bin/php: No such file or directory

Where are the executables located? There does not seem to be any php installed.

Help!


Solution

Remi repository provides various PHP Versions for Fedora.

  • Versions older than default base version are only available as Software Collections (php70 way suggested by @Peter
  • Newer versions are provided both as base packages and SCL

See the configuration wizard.

But as you are running Fedora 24 which is now EOL, I heartly recommend you to upgrade to a supported version:

  • Fedora 25 provides PHP 7.0
  • Fedora 26 provides PHP 7.1
  • Fedora 27 will provide PHP 7.1
  • Fedora 28 will provide PHP 7.2

If you are interested in running multiple versions, you can read My PHP Workstation



Answered By - Remi Collet
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