PHP error: “The zip extension and unzip command are both missing, skipping.”

Question

When I run a composer update I get this error message:

Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including r         


        

Answer 1

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

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