Install PHP 8.2 on AlmaLinux 9 | VPS

We will install and use PHP 8.2 on our VPS or panel-managed server to deploy our laravel apps which need a specific version on the server.

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Web servers running Linux, Windows, BSD, and macOS are among the operating systems that can execute and support PHP code. Additionally, it is supported by a sizable and vibrant community that actively contributes to creating helpful frameworks, libraries, and tools that enable PHP to reach thousands of developers.

PHP 7.4 has been retired and PHP 8.2 has been formally published. This version may be installed using the Remi PHP repository, however, AlmaLinux does not support it in EL9 or EL8. The subsequent guide will teach you how to install PHP 8.2 on AlmaLinux 9 or AlmaLinux 8 and import the REMI PHP Module. It will also provide some pointers on using the command line terminal to configure Nginx with FPM.

So let’s get started and get into our server terminal and locate the project directory, then the first thing we do is update existing packages.

sudo dnf upgrade --refresh

After this step, we need to Install EPEL,

What Is EPEL?

EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a repository maintained by the Fedora Project that provides additional open-source software packages for RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), CentOS, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux. It includes high-quality, community-maintained packages that are not available in the default repositories.

PHP REMI Repository

To install the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository. The most popular software packages for Enterprise Linux are included in EPEL for users of AlmaLinux and related versions based on RHEL.

REMI PHP Repo for AlmaLinux 9 (EL9)

To install EPEL use the following (dnf) terminal command and after adding this command, make sure you enable the EPEL repository by the command given below after installation.

sudo dnf install \

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

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

sudo dnf install dnf-utils http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-9.rpm -y

What Is DNF?

DNF (Dandified Yum) is the next-generation package manager for RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux. It replaces the older YUM (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) and offers better performance, dependency resolution, and resource management.

Cool, now you have done great for almaLinux 9 but what if you want to do it for AlmaLinux 8, don’t worry just follow these steps,

This command changes the version numbers.

sudo dnf install \

    https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm \

    https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-next-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm

sudo dnf install dnf-utils http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm -y

So far you have done the installation part on your server, now it’s time to verify the installation to do it Next, verify the installation.

dnf repolist | grep remi

and you will get something like or you can run a List all modules command

dnf module list

//This is the Example output when you check for remi repo on your server.

remi-modular     Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64

remi-safe        Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64

After the successful installation of the REMI repo let’s move to the PHP part and enable it on our server, to list all the available modules run this

dnf module list php

Next, enable PHP 8.2 with the following command.

sudo dnf module enable php:remi-8.2 -y

you can install PHP with the following command.

Apache (httpd) Users:

sudo dnf install php -y

Nginx Users:

sudo dnf install php php-fpm -y

Now, if are not using any Panel to manage your server and want to install any other packages manually on server You can do it too using the below dnf command

sudo dnf install php-cli php-fpm php-curl php-mysqlnd php-gd php-opcache php-zip php-intl php-common php-bcmath php-imagick php-xmlrpc php-json php-readline php-memcached php-redis php-mbstring php-apcu php-xml php-dom php-redis php-memcached php-memcache

or you can search for your desired package using

sudo dnf search php82-php-

After installing PHP 8.2 and its extensions, use the following command to verify the version

php -v

Conclusion

In order to install the most recent version of PHP on your server for your CMS or development, this tutorial shows how to install PHP 8.2 on AlmaLinux EL 9 or EL 8 using the command line console and the Remi RPM repository.

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