# Missing php-imap package in Rocky Linux 8

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**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [December 30, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/missing-php-imap-package-in-rocky-linux-8/12348 "2023-12-30T10:15:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![remi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/remi/32/1425_2.png) [@remi](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/remi)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/missing-php-imap-package-in-rocky-linux-8/12348/3 "2023-12-31T07:21:56Z")

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**imap** extension requires libc-client library, provided by uw-imap project which is dead for years (last version from 2007)

Nobody should use it.

**imap** extension have recently been removed from PHP (and moved to pecl) for this reason.

Some pure-PHP alternatives exist, ex [laminas-mail - Laminas Docs](https://docs.laminas.dev/laminas-mail/)

Indeed, available in my repository, provided for legacy applications.

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