Unable to install some PHP packages on Alpine Linux

Question

I am trying to install some PHP packages that I use for my application in Alpine Linux. The packages that I am currently using come from the Remi repo and I install them successfully on CentOS 7, but when I try to install tthe same packages on Alpine, it says not found. An example of a package is php-cli .

Am I doing it right or is there a recommended way of installing packages in Alpine? I am using php7 and Alpine 3.8.

Note: I am using php7- prefix when I am installing a package in Alpine.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

For locating packages for Alpine Linux, the Alpine package search engine is the best place to look for.

Querying for php7* , we can see that there are indeed no matches on the main Alpine V3.8 repository, but many matches on the community repository: php7* package search .

For installing these packages, you'll first need to add the community repository to your /etc/apk/repositories file (uncomment it, if it is commented out):

http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.8/community

Then, run apk update and apk add php7 [additional packages...] for installing the desired PHP 7 packages.

Specifically, php7-cli seems to be missing. For PHP 7 CLI tools, you could try installing php7-dev from the edge community repository. Similar to above, add the following to your /etc/apk/repositories , then update and install:

http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community