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PHP Modules #347

Open tpnsolutions opened 2 years ago

tpnsolutions commented 2 years ago

I've been noticing when installing Virtualmin on Ubuntu 20.04, that a number of essential PHP modules are not being installed by default. I don't remember this being an issue with CentOS, in fact it usually installed about half a dozen modules that were considered essential building blocks like: php-gd, php-curl, etc...

Frankly, up to this point I really just dismissed the missing modules as I'd just add them as a script needed them, however I felt it was time to bring this up as I think it would be ideal to have them installed during Virtualmin install phase.

Below is a list of modules I think would be useful for most, it is not exhaustive but really just a starting point...

php-bcmath php-gd php-imagick php-intl php-json php-mbstring php-pspell php-ssh2 php-xml php-xmlrpc php-zip

Some of the packages above may actually getting installed, and I based it loosely on what was installed on an older CentOS 7 installation.

Again, something to look into, to enhance the overall installation process.

jcameron commented 2 years ago

Yeah, currently we install modules only as needed by PHP scripts. I suppose we could install some as part of the Virtualmin install process, but this wouldn't actually guarantee they are available if the user later installs a different PHP version.