Remi’s RPM repository is a free and stable YUM repository mainly for the PHP stack. It contains packages for the latest versions of PHP. The Remi repository can be used on on CentOS 5/6/7/8.
For the latest version of RHEL, checkout:
Prerequisites
To follow along this guide, ensure you have the following:
- A Centos Server with root access or a user who can execute sudo commands
- Internet access
- Some packages in the Remi Repository depends on
epel-release so if you don’t have install it with sudo dnf install epel-release
Enabling the remi repo
To enable the remi repo, Install the rpm provided by remi in this url http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-<version>.rpm, version being the Centos Release version.
Example:
For Centos 5/Rhel 5:
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| sudo rpm -ivh http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm
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Sudo yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm
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For Centos 6/Rhel 6:
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| sudo rpm -ivh http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release6.rpm
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sudo yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
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For Centos 7/Rhel 8:
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| sudo rpm -ivh http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
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sudo yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
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For Centos 8/Rhel 8/Alma Linux 8/Rocky Linux 8:
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| sudo rpm -ivh http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
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sudo dnf install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
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For/Rhel 9/Alma Linux 9/Rocky Linux 9:
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| sudo rpm -ivh http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-9.rpm
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sudo dnf install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-9.rpm
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Once the installation is done, confirm that the repo is enabled with this command:
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| $ sudo dnf repolist
repo id repo name
appstream Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream
baseos Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS
cloud-kernel Rocky Linux 9 - Cloud Kernel
epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64
epel-cisco-openh264 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
extras Rocky Linux 9 - Extras
google-cloud-sdk Google Cloud SDK
google-compute-engine Google Compute Engine
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
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If you see remi in the list then it means its been installed.
Installing packages from Remi repository
To use packages from the remi repository, you need to enable them. Lets list modules providing php using this command:
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| $ sudo dnf module list php
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:09 ago on Mon 04 Sep 2023 10:23:26 AM UTC.
Rocky Linux 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
php remi-8.3 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled
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If you want to install php 8.1 for instance, enable it with this command:
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| sudo dnf module enable php:remi-8.1
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You can then install it with the dnf install command:
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| sudo dnf install php php-cli
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To search all packages, use this command: