CentOS / RHEL: Install php-tidy Module / Extension

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I am a new CentOS / RHEL / Red Hat / Fedora Linux server user. I need to provide tidy library support using php. How do I install php-tidy on RHEL or CentOS Linux for Apache server?

You need to install the following module using the yum command on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora/Scientific Linux server:

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  1. php-tidy – The php-tidy package contains a dynamic shared object that will add support for using the tidy library to PHP.

Install php-tidy module on RHEL/CentOS

Open the Terminal and type the following yum command:
# yum install php-tidy
Sample outputs:

Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, protectbase, rhnplugin, security
This system is receiving updates from RHN Classic or RHN Satellite.
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package php-tidy.x86_64 0:5.3.3-27.el6_5 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libtidy-0.99.so.0()(64bit) for package: php-tidy-5.3.3-27.el6_5.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libtidy.x86_64 0:0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
 
Dependencies Resolved
 
=============================================================================================
 Package     Arch      Version                        Repository                        Size
=============================================================================================
Installing:
 php-tidy    x86_64    5.3.3-27.el6_5                 rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6     36 k
Installing for dependencies:
 libtidy     x86_64    0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6       rhel-x86_64-server-6             127 k
 
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================
Install       2 Package(s)
 
Total download size: 164 k
Installed size: 0  
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): libtidy-0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6.x86_64.rpm                    | 127 kB     00:00     
(2/2): php-tidy-5.3.3-27.el6_5.x86_64.rpm                             |  36 kB     00:00     
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                        654 kB/s | 164 kB     00:00     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing : libtidy-0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6.x86_64                                   1/2 
  Installing : php-tidy-5.3.3-27.el6_5.x86_64                                            2/2 
  Verifying  : php-tidy-5.3.3-27.el6_5.x86_64                                            1/2 
  Verifying  : libtidy-0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6.x86_64                                   2/2 
 
Installed:
  php-tidy.x86_64 0:5.3.3-27.el6_5                                                           
 
Dependency Installed:
  libtidy.x86_64 0:0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6                                                  
 
Complete!

Restart / reload web-server

Type the following command to restart / reload Apache server:
# service httpd restart

Verify new settings

# php -i | grep -color tidy

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Posted by: Vivek Gite

The author is the creator of nixCraft and a seasoned sysadmin, DevOps engineer, and a trainer for the Linux operating system/Unix shell scripting. Get the latest tutorials on SysAdmin, Linux/Unix and open source topics via RSS/XML feed or weekly email newsletter.

4 comment

  1. Can you please tell me what does this library do? This php-tidy? Is this related to HTML by any chance?
    Thank you!

  3. THis not work at all on centos 6.1

    [root@dedi712 ~]# yum install php-tidy
    Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
    Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
    * base: mirror.nl.webzilla.com
    * extras: mirror.nl.webzilla.com
    * updates: centos.mirror1.spango.com
    Setting up Install Process
    No package php-tidy available.
    Error: Nothing to do

    getting stuk

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