How To Install memcached on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install memcached on CentOS 7.
What is memcached
memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.
We can use yum or dnf to install memcached on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install memcached.
Install memcached on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install memcached using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install memcached
Install memcached on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install memcached using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install memcached
How To Uninstall memcached on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the memcached package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove memcached
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install memcached on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
