phpize command not found when run in terminal

Question

I was trying to install PECL extension, and required phpize. But when I ran phpize it displayed:

ps@ubuntu:~$ phpize
No command 'phpize' found, did you mean:
 Command 'phpize5' from package 'php5-dev' (main)
phpize: command not found

My current php version is : PHP Version 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.2 Should I install the php5-dev version? Will it have any conflicting issues? What are other alternative methods?

What should I do to resolve my issue? I'm running ubuntu 12.10

Paul Dixon · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-06T07:29:40.887

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sudo apt-get install php5-dev

phpize is a tool used to prepare a php module for building, so you'll need the dev package. There shouldn't be any problems, assuming you're using a packaged version of PHP anyway.

(Update - for more recent versions of Ubuntu try sudo apt-get install php-dev)

edited Sep 06 '16 at 07:29

answered May 15 '13 at 13:15

Paul Dixon

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Thanks! Will mark it as the correct answer when SO allows me.:) – xan May 15 '13 at 13:16
This question is actually a very close dupe of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3108937/how-to-run-and-install-phpize so it might get deleted before then! – Paul Dixon May 15 '13 at 13:18
Ubuntu 16.04 throws "Package 'php5-dev' has no installation candidate" – Andrey Izman Sep 06 '16 at 01:08
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It's php-dev in newer Ubuntu releases – Paul Dixon Sep 06 '16 at 07:30
getting "apt-get: command not found" lol – Robert Sinclair Jul 05 '18 at 02:44
I also couldn't find `phpize`, `pecl` or `pear` on my ubuntu 20.20, running `sudo apt install php7.4-dev` worked on mine. – Tuhin Dec 23 '20 at 19:19

phpize command not found when run in terminal

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