How To Install php-yac on Debian 10

Learn how to install php-yac on Debian 10 with this tutorial. php-yac is YAC (Yet Another Cache) for PHP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-yac on Debian 10.

What is php-yac

php-yac is:

The Yet Another Cache (YAC) is a shared memory user data cache for PHP, which provides framework for caching user variables locally. This framework completes the missing parts of the Zend OpCache.

There are three methods to install php-yac on Debian 10. 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-yac 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-yac using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-yac

Install php-yac Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-yac

Install php-yac 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-yac using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-yac

How To Uninstall php-yac on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove php-yac

Uninstall php-yac And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-yac and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-yac

Remove php-yac Configurations and Data

To remove php-yac configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-yac

Remove php-yac configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-yac configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-yac

Dependencies

php-yac have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-yac package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.