Php: Missing dependency for bz2 ext

[denisura]

Installation of bz2 extension in inherited dockerfile throws error

RUN docker-php-ext-install bz2

configure: error: Please reinstall the BZip2 distribution

In order to fix it the following dependency needs to be installed

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libbz2-dev

[tianon]

So why not just do the following?

FROM php
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libbz2-dev
RUN docker-php-ext-install bz2

[denisura]

Why bzip2 is installed as dependency in Dockerfile?

[yosifkit]

The reason for not installing libbz2-dev is that the php module is not installed but left to the user to add the dependencies and install the module when they require it.

If it is a common enough module then we would look to add it always (like curl, openssl, and zlib). Does the general community think the bz2 module should always be available and loaded?

[md5]

@denisura: Although the bzip2 package is installed temporarily as a build dependency in order to extract php.tar.bz2, it is removed in the same RUN command and is no longer installed in the final image.

[denisura]

Instruction to install all required dependencies before running docker-php-ext-install some-ext might be helpful ;-)

[pboethig]

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libbz2-dev
RUN docker-php-ext-install bz2

Works for me

[bumbummen99]

Put that somewhere or below the last installed extension in your Workspace Dockerfile:

###########################################################################
# BZ2:
###########################################################################

USER root

ARG INSTALL_BZ2=false

RUN if [ ${INSTALL_BZ2} = true ]; then \
    apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y libbz2-dev && \
    apt-get install -y php${LARADOCK_PHP_VERSION}-bz2 \
;fi

Don't forget to add the env var in your .env and map it in your .yml (or remove the if...)