"-bash: line 7: dpkg: command not found" said CentOS

Question

I'd like to use the command dpkg in my PHP script (using exec).

I'm running CentOS. Is there a way I can install the command dpkg on there?

Step by step guide would be fantastic.

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 13 '15 at 18:05

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These steps worked for me on CentOS 7:

answered Sep 13 '15 at 18:05

PatrickBM

These commands raise the error "nothing provides lzma needed by dpkg-dev-1.18.25-12.el8.noarch" on centos8. However `yum install dpkg` after installing epel-release worked – Andy Ray Jan 06 '20 at 01:36

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '10 at 07:19

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with centos you should be using yum, since it is the package manager of centos.

dpkg is for debian (ubuntu) based distributions.

answered Jul 02 '10 at 07:19

akira

so there is now way of installing the dpkg command for use in php? – Moe Jul 02 '10 at 07:23
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Use a OS that supports `dpkg` if you want to use `dpkg` – Nitrodist Jul 02 '10 at 07:28
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the real question is: what do you need `dpkg` for in php?? – akira Jul 02 '10 at 08:17

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 01 '14 at 13:55

For those who wanted to know: you can install dpkg.

Download the latest epel-release rpm from http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/
Install epel-release rpm:

rpm -Uvh epel-release*rpm
Install dpkg rpm package:

yum install dpkg

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