Install PHPUnit on CentOS 7 / CentOS 8 & Fedora 34/33/32/31/30

Are you looking for an easy way to install PHPUnit on CentOS 7 / CentOS 8 & Fedora 34/33/32/31/30/29?. PHPUnit is a unit testing framework for PHP applications. It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks and it became popular with JUnit. PHPUnit requires PHP dom and json , pcre, reflection and spl extensions.

Step 1: Add Remi repository

PHPUnit package for CentOS 7/8 will be pulled from Remi repository which is not readily available on either system. Add it manually using the commands shared below.

CentOS 8:

sudo dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
sudo dnf -y install dnf-utils
sudo dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm

CentOS 7:

sudo yum -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
sudo yum -y install epel-release
sudo yum -y install yum-utils

Fedora:

# Fedora 34
sudo dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-34.rpm
sudo dnf -y install dnf-utils

# Fedora 33
sudo dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-33.rpm
sudo dnf -y install dnf-utils

# Fedora 32
sudo dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-32.rpm
sudo dnf -y install dnf-utils

# Fedora 31
sudo dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-31.rpm
sudo dnf -y install dnf-utils

# Fedora 30
sudo dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-30.rpm
sudo dnf -y install dnf-utils

# Fedora 29
sudo dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-29.rpm
sudo dnf -y install dnf-utils

Step 2: Install PHPUnit on CentOS 7 / CentOS 8 / Fedora 31/30/29

Let’s install the latest PHPUnit and required extensions.

CentOS 8 / Fedora:

sudo dnf module install php:7.4
sudo dnf --enablerepo=remi -y install phpunit9

CentOS 7:

sudo yum-config-manager --disable remi-php54
sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php74
sudo yum --enablerepo=remi -y install phpunit9

View more information on the installed package.

$ rpm -qi phpunit9
Name        : phpunit9
Version     : 9.5.6
Release     : 1.el7.remi
Architecture: noarch
Install Date: Mon 12 Jul 2021 05:25:19 PM UTC
Group       : Unspecified
Size        : 1411129
License     : BSD
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed 23 Jun 2021 07:57:03 AM UTC, Key ID 004e6f4700f97f56
Source RPM  : phpunit9-9.5.6-1.el7.remi.src.rpm
Build Date  : Wed 23 Jun 2021 07:56:21 AM UTC
Build Host  : builder.remirepo.net
Relocations : (not relocatable)
Packager    : Remi Collet
Vendor      : Remi's RPM repository <https://rpms.remirepo.net/>
URL         : https://github.com/%{gh_vendor}/phpunit
Bug URL     : https://forum.remirepo.net/
Summary     : The PHP Unit Testing framework version 9

Visit PHPUnit Documentation page to get started.

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