There are several ways to install PHP Libraries that your installation can utilize on a VPS or Dedicated server. Some of them are available via YUM and others could be installed using PHP PEAR or PECL. There are several famous PHP Libraries and we will their installation.
One thing to notice is that many of those libraries and extensions are available for multiple PHP versions on any Shared Hosting Package that you can have with us, they’re available through:
cPanel -> Select PHP Version -> Select Extensions -> Save
Install PHP Libraries on a CentOS VPS or Dedicated Server
To start off we’ll need PEAR and PECL’s functionality, you can install it using the following line after you’ve logged to your VPS or Dedicated server via SSH:
Install PEAR and PECL
yum install php-pear
Install php-gd
yum install php-gd
Install imagemagick
pecl install imagick
After this, we’ll need to configure php.ini to also utilize imagick, let’s find out the location of php.ini
php -i | grep "Loaded Configuration File =>"
Then append the imagick extension at the bottom:
echo "extension=imagick.so" >> /location/to/php.ini
Install PHP Packages with PEAR
You can look up any desired extension from their official repository at https://pecl.php.net/packages.php after that simply run the command:
pecl install desiredExtension
Do not forget to add the installed extension in your php.ini in the same way as above
echo "extension=newlyInstalled.so" >> /location/to/php.ini
