How To Install php-pecl-apcu on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-apcu in AlmaLinux 8. php-pecl-apcu is APC User Cache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-apcu on AlmaLinux 8.

What is php-pecl-apcu

APCu is userland caching APCu only supports userland caching of variables. The php-pecl-apcu-bc package provides a drop in replacement for APC.

We can use yum or dnf to install php-pecl-apcu on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pecl-apcu.

Install php-pecl-apcu on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install php-pecl-apcu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-apcu

Install php-pecl-apcu on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install php-pecl-apcu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-pecl-apcu

How To Uninstall php-pecl-apcu on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the php-pecl-apcu package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove php-pecl-apcu

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-apcu on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.