PHP error The zip extension and unzip command are both missing skipping

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When I run a composer update I get this error message   Loading composer repositories with package information Updating dependencies  including require-dev      Failed to download psr log from dist  The zip extension and unzip command are both missing  skipping  The php ini used by your command-line PHP is   etc php 7 0 cli php ini     Now trying to download from source   What do I need to do to enable the zip and unzip commands so that composer can download dependencies

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Actually composer nowadays seems to work without the zip command line command, so installing php-zip should be enough --- BUT it would display a warning:

As there is no 'unzip' command installed zip files are being unpacked using the PHP zip extension. This may cause invalid reports of corrupted archives. Installing 'unzip' may remediate them.

See also Is there a problem with using php-zip (composer warns about it)

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Depending on your flavour of Linux and PHP version these may vary     sudo  yum install zip unzip php-zip  sudo  apt install zip unzip php-zip   This is a very commonly asked question  you ll be able to find more useful info in the aether by searching  lt distro gt  php  lt version gt  zip extension

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If you are using Ubuntu and PHP 7 2  use this     sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install zip unzip php7 2-zip

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PHP-ZIP needs some dependancies or library missing  depends on the image from Dockerfile you need to install them first RUN set -eux       amp  amp  apt-get update       amp  amp  apt-get install -y libzip-dev zlib1g-dev       amp  amp  docker-php-ext-install zip

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Not to belabor the point  but if you are working in a Dockerfile  you would solve this particular issue with Composer by installing the unzip utility   Below is an example using the official PHP image to install unzip and the zip PHP extension for good measure   FROM php 7 4-apache    Install Composer COPY --from composer  usr bin composer  usr bin composer    Install unzip utility and libs needed by zip PHP extension  RUN apt-get update  amp  amp  apt-get install -y       zlib1g-dev       libzip-dev       unzip RUN docker-php-ext-install zip   This is a helpful GitHub issue where the above is lovingly lifted from

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On docker with image php 7 2-apache I just needed zip and unzip  No need for php-zip    apt-get install zip unzip  or Dockerfile  RUN   apt-get    update   RUN   apt-get    install    -y    zip   RUN   apt-get    install    -y    unzip

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For Debian Jessie  which is the current default for the PHP image on Docker Hub    apt-get install --yes zip unzip php-pclzip   You can omit the --yes  but it s useful when you re RUN-ing it in a Dockerfile

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I had PHP7 2 on a Ubuntu 16 04 server and it solved my problem   sudo apt-get install zip unzip php-zip  Update  Tried this for Ubuntu 18 04 and worked as well

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For servers with PHP 5 6  sudo apt-get install zip unzip php5 6-zip

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The shortest command to fix it on Debian and Ubuntu  dependencies will be installed automatically   sudo apt install php-zip

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I m Using Ubuntu and with the following command worked  apt-get install --yes zip unzip

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For older Ubuntu distros i e 16 04  14 04  12 04 etc  sudo apt-get install zip unzip php7 0-zip

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I got this error when I installed Laravel 5 5 on my digitalocean cloud server  Ubuntu 18 04 and PHP 7 2  and the following command fixed it      sudo apt install zip unzip php7 2-zip

[php] PHP error: "The zip extension and unzip command are both missing, skipping."

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