[SOLVED] Need some help with yum

rtcary · 03-28-2018, 10:20 AM

In my efforts to find a way of updating the php on my Centos 7 home server to 5.6, I came across this sequence:

Code:

yum -y update
yum -y install epel-release
wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
wget https://centos6.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm
rpm -Uvh ius-release*.rpm
yum -y update
yum -y install php56u php56u-opcache php56u-xml php56u-mcrypt php56u-gd php56u-devel php56u-mysql php56u-intl php56u-mbstring php56u-bcmath php56u-soap

Since I do not earn a living maintaining Linux, my knowledge is not very deep. Where I need help (the yum man is confusing for me), is understanding the use of other libraries.

* If I remove the Centos 7 version of php and run the above code and things do not work, can I go back to the original php (5.4) by

Code:

# yum install php

* Whould I have to "remove" any of the installed code in the above sequence?

* If the install goes properly (e.g. LAMP works), would

Code:

# yum update php

use the approprilibrary/source?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Todd

jsbjsb001 · 03-28-2018, 11:13 AM

I'd suggest you upgrade to CentOS 7.4 and get the latest updates for it. While you stated you wish to setup a "home server", and the php package seems to have something to do with it, is this a web server you're trying to get setup?

To downgrade a package with yum, you would need to use the downgrade option. You can also use the yum history command as well.

Also, the php package is in the "base" repo, not the "epel" repo, from what I can see.

You may also wish to have a look at this: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/64069

rtcary · 03-28-2018, 11:28 AM

Yes, this is a home office server I use for testing web applications. Unfortunately, I crashed my server some weeks ago while doing an update (operator error). It was running fine since I installed Centos 7 over a year ago runing php and able to work on Concrete5 5.7 which requires php 5.6+.

Is Centos 7.4 an official release? I've done yum updates and the version of Centos is 3.10.

Todd

jsbjsb001 · 03-28-2018, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rtcary

Yes, this is a home office server I use for testing web applications. Unfortunately, I crashed my server some weeks ago while doing an update (operator error). It was running fine since I installed Centos 7 over a year ago runing php and able to work on Concrete5 5.7 which requires php 5.6+.

Is Centos 7.4 an official release? I've done yum updates and the version of Centos is 3.10.

Todd

Yes, it is an official release, that you can download now. Are you saying you updated CentOS 3.10 ?

Also, while there's the "stock" version of the php package in the "base" repo, yes, you will need the "epel" repo for the php 5.6 package.

chrism01 · 03-28-2018, 11:38 PM

You can check the OS, kernel version using this page https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-check-centos-version.
I think you are confusing the kernel (3.10) with the OS (7.x) ...

rtcary · 03-30-2018, 03:39 PM

When I run

Code:

yum -y install php56u php56u-opcache php56u-xml php56u-mcrypt php56u-gd php56u-devel php56u-mysql php56u-intl php56u-mbstring php56u-bcmath php56u-soap

I get the following response.

Code:

Packages skipped because of dependency problems:
    pcre-devel-8.32-17.el7.x86_64 from base
    php56u-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-bcmath-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-cli-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-common-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-devel-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-gd-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-intl-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-mbstring-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-mcrypt-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-mysqlnd-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-opcache-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-pdo-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    1:php56u-pear-1.10.5-1.ius.centos7.noarch from ius
    php56u-pecl-jsonc-1.3.10-2.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-pecl-jsonc-devel-1.3.10-2.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-process-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius
    php56u-xml-5.6.34-1.ius.centos7.x86_64 from ius

Am I missing some step or command? I did a

Code:

# yum remove php

before running the attempt to install 5.6.

\rtc

jsbjsb001 · 03-30-2018, 04:03 PM

This should help.

rtcary · 03-30-2018, 05:24 PM

Thank you and the LinuxQuestions contributors for assistance.

\rtc