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<!-- distribution specific nodes -->
&install.unix.debian;
&install.unix.dnf;
&install.unix.pacman;
&install.unix.openbsd;
<!-- general from-source instructions -->
&install.unix.source;
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- $Revision$ -->
<sect1 xml:id="install.unix.pacman" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<title>Installing from packages on Arch Linux</title>
<simpara>
While PHP can be installed from source, it is also available through
packages on Arch Linux and derivatives that use pacman.
</simpara>
&warn.install.third-party-support;
<simpara>
The packages can be installed using the <command>pacman</command> command.
</simpara>
<sect2 xml:id="install.unix.pacman.packages">
<title>Installing packages</title>
<simpara>
Before installing a package, it is recommended to ensure the system
is up to date. Typically, this is done by running the command
<command>pacman -Syu</command>.
</simpara>
<example xml:id="install.unix.pacman.example">
<title>Pacman Install Example</title>
<programlisting role="shell">
<![CDATA[
# pacman -S php
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<simpara>
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:
</simpara>
<example xml:id="install.unix.pacman.example2">
<title>Restarting Apache once PHP is installed</title>
<programlisting role="shell">
<![CDATA[
# sudo systemctl restart httpd
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="install.unix.pacman.config">
<title>Better control of configuration</title>
<para>
In the last section, PHP was installed with only core modules. It is
very likely that additional modules will be desired, such as
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><link linkend="book.mysql">MySQL</link></member>
<member><link linkend="book.curl">cURL</link></member>
<member><link linkend="book.image">GD</link></member>
<member>etc.</member>
</simplelist>
These may also be installed via the <command>pacman</command> command.
</para>
<example xml:id="install.unix.pacman.config.example">
<title>Methods for listing additional PHP packages</title>
<programlisting role="shell">
<![CDATA[
# pacman -Ss php
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<simpara>
The list of packages will include a number of packages that includes
PHP extensions such as <literal>php-gd</literal>,
<literal>php-intl</literal>, <literal>php-sqlite</literal>, and others.
When extensions are installed, additional packages
will be automatically installed as necessary to satisfy the dependencies
of those packages.
</simpara>
<example xml:id="install.unix.pacman.config.example2">
<title>Install PHP with MySQL, GD</title>
<programlisting role="shell">
<![CDATA[
# pacman -S php-gd
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<simpara>
Pacman will automatically add the appropriate lines to the
different &php.ini; related files like
<filename>/etc/php/php.ini</filename>,
<filename>/etc/php/conf.d/*.ini</filename>, etc. and depending on
the extension will add entries similar to <literal>extension=foo</literal>.
However, restarting the web server (like Apache) is required before these
changes take effect.
</simpara>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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