Install APC on Debian 5.0

Question

Is there a tutorial on how to install APC (Alternative PHP Cache on Debian 5.0).

Answer 1

The best solution for installing APC on Debian systems is to use the dot.deb packages. The official Debian APC package is still using version 3.0.19-2 which is very outdated.

Using the dot.deb package will also allow you to use the latest version of PHP.

Instructions:

For the main Dotdeb repository, depending on your distribution (lenny/oldstable or squeeze/stable), add these two lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file (choosing a mirror near you) :

Squeeze :

deb http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all

Lenny :

deb http://packages.dotdeb.org oldstable all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org oldstable all

(Optional) If you’re running Debian 5.0 “Lenny” and you want PHP 5.3 instead of the default PHP 5.2, add these two additionnal lines too :

deb http://php53.dotdeb.org oldstable all
deb-src http://php53.dotdeb.org oldstable all

You don’t need this if you’re running Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” : PHP 5.3 is the default branch

Then fetch the appropriate GnuPG key

wget http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg

cat dotdeb.gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Run

apt-get update

You should now be able to use the Dotdeb packages with apt-get (or dselect, or aptitude as well…)

To install APC:

apt-get install php5-apc

Answer 2

Try installing it via aptitude: aptitude install php-apc Afterwars you can configure it in /etc/php5/conf.d/apc.ini Have a look at php-apc for configuration options.

Otherwise you could use "pecl" to install it via pecl install apc. Prequisite is to have the php5-dev module installed.