How To Install php-pecl-yac on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-yac on CentOS 7. php-pecl-yac is Lockless user data cache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-yac on CentOS 7.

What is php-pecl-yac

Yac (Yet Another Cache) is a shared memory user data cache for PHP. It can be used to replace APC or local memcached. Yac is lockless, that means, it is very fast, but there could be a chance you will get a wrong data(depends on how many key slots are allocated and how many keys are stored), so you’d better make sure that your product is not very sensitive to that.

We can use yum or dnf to install php-pecl-yac on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pecl-yac.

Install php-pecl-yac on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install php-pecl-yac

Install php-pecl-yac 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 php-pecl-yac using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-yac

How To Uninstall php-pecl-yac on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove php-pecl-yac

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-yac on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.