httpd-mmn = 20051115 required by "yum install php"

Question

I installed httpd (apache 2.4.6) from source and now I want to install PHP. But yum install php spits out the error:

Error: Package: php-5.3.3-40.el6_6.x86_64 (updates)
       Requires: httpd-mmn = 20051115
       Installed: httpd-2.4.6-1.x86_64 (installed)
           httpd-mmn = 20120211
       Available: httpd-2.2.15-39.el6.centos.x86_64 (base)
           httpd-mmn = 20051115

I've also tried with webtatic, ius and remi. All with the same error. I built apache using rpm-build.

$ httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.6 (Unix)

Solution 1

$ sudo nano /etc/yum.conf

Remove httpd* and php* from this line:

exclude=apache* bind-chroot courier* dovecot* exim* filesystem httpd* mod_ssl* mydns* mysql* nsd* perl* php* proftpd* pure-ftpd* ruby* spamassassin* squirrelmail*

Save and close yum.conf

Try again:

$ sudo yum install php

Solution 2

The php package you are trying to install is actually mod_php, which is compiled against a specific Apache HTTP Server ABI (httpd-mmn). Stock php, IUS, Webtatic, and Remirepo all build against stock httpd. Some Remi packages build against stock, but other build against versions of httpd he ships. Compiling your own httpd from source will typically mean having to compile your own mod_php as well.

If you just need php, not mod_php specifically, you can use php-fpm instead, and that will avoid this problem entirely. IUS currently ships php55u-fpm, php56u-fpm, and php70u-fpm packages if you need a more recent version than the stock 5.3.

Comments

[Remi Collet]

Remi repository is now dedicated to PHP, no httpd, only the PHP stack build against the base httpd package.

[carlwgeorge]

Weren't there some SCL PHP packages that required httpd24? Or did you remove those?

[Remi Collet]

Only RHSCL php packages use httpd in RHSCL. Not in my repo.