Issue
I want to enable php73 as default version and install all packages related to it. So I did:
$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php73
$ sudo yum install php php-pecl-mcrypt php-cli php-gd php-curl php-mysqlnd php-ldap php-zip php-fileinfo php-common php-xml php-fpm php-mbstring php-bcmath php-soap php-oci8
Right after, I can see that it wants to install PHP 8.0 (remi-php80, which breaks my project dependencies):
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
php x86_64 8.0.0~beta4-2.el7.remi remi-php80 3.4 M
Installing for dependencies:
php-cli x86_64 8.0.0~beta4-2.el7.remi remi-php80 5.3 M
php-common x86_64 8.0.0~beta4-2.el7.remi remi-php80 1.2 M
php-sodium x86_64 8.0.0~beta4-2.el7.remi remi-php80 74 k
How can I enable & force installation of PHP 7.3 on Centos 7?
I want to avoid doing it manually like:
$ sudo yum install php73 php73-php-cli php73-php-fpm
Solution
If you want PHP 7.3 you must only enable "remi-php73" repository (and "remi-safe", which is enabled by default).
According to yum output in your question "remi-php80" is wrongly enabled. You can wheck which repositories are enabled using
# yum repolist
For a proper repository configuration, see the Wizard instructions
# yum-config-manager --disable 'remi-php*'
# yum-config-manager --enable remi-php73
# yum-config-manager --enable remi-safe
About mcrypt extension, I recommend you get rid of it, see About libmcrypt and php-mcrypt
And I think you don't need both php (mod_php for Apache HTTP Server) and php-fpm
And for php-oci8, I recommend you read Installation of Oracle extensions for PHP
Answered By - Remi Collet Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (WPSolving Admin)