Alma Linux is an Open Source, community-governed, and forever-free enterprise Linux distribution, focused on long-term stability, providing a robust production-grade platform. AlmaLinux OS is 1:1 binary compatible with RHEL® and pre-Stream CentOS.

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Before we install PHP 8 on our server, we will need a few things.

Always a good first step would be to update your operating system to the latest version.

First, check for an update using the command below:

If an update is found, run this command to update the OS.

After the update, run the check-update command again to ensure the system is up-to-date.

Once the system is updated, reboot the system using:

Before we install PHP 8.2 on our system we need to install EPEL (extra packages for enterprise Linux). This provides us access to enterprise software packages.

Install EPEL:

Install REMI:

update DNF cache:

List the repositories to ensure they are installed using the command below.

Now we can begin to install PHP 8.2 on our system.

First, let's reset the default PHP module.

Enable the PHP 8.2 REMI module. Press the Y key and press enter to continue.

Install PHP 8.2.

Check that PHP is running and the correct version is installed by running the command:

At this point, PHP 8.2 has been successfully installed on your system. Typically PHP isn’t much use on its own as you will likely need modules like mbstring, openssl, and curl to name a few. You can install the addon modules in step 4.

To view a list of all the installable PHP modules use this command:

This will output a list as you see below.

Here you can pick which modules to install and use the command below with the modules you would like installed.

Press the Y key and enter to continue the installation. Once the installation finishes you will have an Alma Linux 8 instance with PHP 8.2 installed.

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