How to install succesfully libsodium (for php7.2) on Centos7?

Question

I take a Magento project and when i run x debug I have an exception because libsodium is not installed then I went to install libsodium.
I then follow this tutorial https://lukasmestan.com/install-libsodium-extension-in-php7/ (because I have php 7.2 as it is a Magento project) and ... it didn't work out :(
When I do :

sudo pecl install -f libsodium

I have the problem :

checking for libsodium... configure: error: Please install libsodium ERROR: `/var/tmp/libsodium/configure --with-php-config=/bin/php-config' failed

Do someone had the same problem ? I mean installing libsodium is what I want to do and for do that I need to install libsodium XD
If someone have a solution I would really be glad.
PS: in case of minus please let me know why so that I can improve my post

I am not sure about Centos but I use PHP 7.3 with Debian 10. Try installing PHP 7.3 on Centos. — Saud Iqbal, Sep 28 '19 at 20:48
@SaudIqbal unfortunalty I need libsodium for a Magento product which need php 7.1 (because Magento need my_crypr php library which is deleted from php 7.2 as far as I read in doc) — , Sep 30 '19 at 07:21

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 01 '19 at 08:47

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Ok the solution was simple instead of looking on internet with useless installation process simply do :

 sudo yum --enablerepo=remi-php72 install php-sodium

answered Oct 01 '19 at 08:47

I recommend to enable the repo permanently, as it provides only PHP, which will avoid more issues with future extensions. See the wizard: https://rpms.remirepo.net/wizard/ – Remi Collet Oct 01 '19 at 09:48

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 23 '20 at 09:58

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For CentOS: 8, PHP 7.3 to install php-sodium, use:

dnf install php-sodium

answered May 23 '20 at 09:58

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Won't work, since it is not part of CentOS repos! you must be using some third party repos like remi – Fahad Alduraibi Jan 07 '21 at 09:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 04 '22 at 13:18

First check if it's enabled or not.

php -i | grep sodium

If It returns nothing then run the following commands-

sudo yum install libsodium libsodium-devel

sudo pecl install libsodium

Then it told 'You should add "extension=sodium.so" to php.ini'.

Open php.ini file and under "Dynamic Extensions" add

extension=sodium

Follow the step-1 it should return -

sodium
sodium support => enabled
...

DONE! :)

How to install succesfully libsodium (for php7.2) on Centos7?

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