How to Install XCache on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Posted on May 29, 2015 by J. Mays

Category: Tutorials | Tags: Caching, PHP, PHP-Xcache, Ubuntu, XCache

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Note:

Please note that this article is considered legacy documentation because Ubuntu 12.04 has reached its end-of-life support.

Pre-Flight Check

These instructions are intended specifically for installing XCache, an open-source opcode cacher, on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with Apache and PHP installed, and I’ll be logged in as non-root user. If you need more information then visit our tutorial on How to Add a User and Grant Root Privileges on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

Step #1: The Installation

As a matter of best practice we’ll update our packages:

sudo apt-get update

Then let’s install XCache and any required packages:

sudo apt-get install php5-xcache

Step #2: Verify the Extension is Available

Now verify that the extension is available by using the following command:

php -m | grep XCache

Your result should be:

XCache XCache

Listing the PHP version should now include information about XCache as well:

php -v

PHP 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.18 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Apr 17 2015 15:11:25) Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies with XCache v1.3.2, Copyright (c) 2005-2011, by mOo