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Installing from packages on Arch Linux

While PHP can be installed from source, it is also available through packages on Arch Linux and derivatives that use pacman.

Warning

Builds from third-parties are considered unofficial and not directly supported by the PHP project. Any bugs encountered should be reported to the provider of those unofficial builds unless they can be reproduced using the builds from » the official download area.

The packages can be installed using the pacman command.

Installing packages

First, note that other related packages may be desired, such as php-apache for Apache, or php-fpm for FastCGI setups.

Before installing a package, it is recommended to ensure the system is up to date. Typically, this is done by running the command pacman -Syu.

Example #1 Pacman Install Example with Apache

# pacman -S php php-apache

Pacman will automatically install all dependencies for PHP. The web server may need to be restarted in order for the changes to take effect. For example:

Example #2 Restarting Apache once PHP is installed

# systemctl restart httpd

Better control of configuration

In the last section, PHP was installed with only core modules. It is very likely that additional modules will be desired, such as MySQL, cURL, GD, etc. These may also be installed via the pacman command.

Example #3 Methods for listing additional PHP packages

# pacman -Ss php

The list of packages will include a number of packages that includes PHP extensions such as php-gd, php-intl, php-sqlite, and others. When extensions are installed, additional packages will be automatically installed as necessary to satisfy the dependencies of those packages.

Example #4 Install PHP with GD

# pacman -S php-gd

After installing an extension package, the corresponding entry in /etc/php/php.ini must be uncommented to enable it. For example, after installing php-gd, uncomment the line extension=gd in /etc/php/php.ini. Restarting the web server (like Apache) is required before these changes take effect.