How To Install php-apcu on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-apcu on Debian 9.
What is php-apcu
php-apcu is:
The APCu is userland caching: APC (Alternative PHP Cache) stripped of opcode caching after the deployment of Zend OpCache in PHP 5.5 as the primary solution to opcode caching in future versions of PHP.
The APCu is a fast solution for userland caching (and dumping) of PHP variables locally, it is not distributed like MemcacheD, but they can be used together for optimal caching.
There are three methods to install php-apcu on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install php-apcu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php-apcu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-apcu
Install php-apcu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-apcu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-apcu
Install php-apcu Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install php-apcu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-apcu
How To Uninstall php-apcu on Debian 9
To uninstall only the php-apcu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-apcu
Uninstall php-apcu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-apcu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-apcu
Remove php-apcu Configurations and Data
To remove php-apcu configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-apcu
Remove php-apcu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-apcu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-apcu
Dependencies
php-apcu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-apcu package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
