"-bash: line 7: dpkg: command not found" said CentOS

I'd like to use the command dpkg in my PHP script (using exec).

I'm running CentOS. Is there a way I can install the command dpkg on there?

Step by step guide would be fantastic.

3 Answers

These steps worked for me on CentOS 7:

1. Install epel using the following command: sudo yum -y install epel-release
2. Refresh repo by typing the following commad: sudo yum repolist
3. Install the dpkg rpm packages: sudo yum install dpkg-devel dpkg-dev

For more information:

with centos you should be using yum, since it is the package manager of centos.

dpkg is for debian (ubuntu) based distributions.

For those who wanted to know: you can install dpkg.

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1. Download the latest epel-release rpm from

2. Install epel-release rpm:

   rpm -Uvh epel-release*rpm

3. Install dpkg rpm package:

   yum install dpkg