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Here is a short guide to installing memcached on Ubuntu. This is a guide to installing via the command line but if you prefer a GUI you can install via the Ubuntu Software Center.
Open a terminal(Ctrl + Alt + T) and enter the following:
sudo apt-get install memcached
sudo apt-get install php5-memcached
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
to test memcached is up and running enter:
telnet localhost 11211
if it connects you are good to go.
*Note to quit telnet enter Ctrl + ] then Ctrl + d then enter "quit" and hit enter.
To test that memcached is working with Apache and PHP see the instructions here
Here is a short guide to installing memcached on Ubuntu. This is a guide to installing via the command line but if you prefer a GUI you can install via the Ubuntu Software Center.
Open a terminal(Ctrl + Alt + T) and enter the following:
sudo apt-get install memcached
sudo apt-get install php5-memcached
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
to test memcached is up and running enter:
telnet localhost 11211
if it connects you are good to go.
*Note to quit telnet enter Ctrl + ] then Ctrl + d then enter "quit" and hit enter.
To test that memcached is working with Apache and PHP see the instructions here
Almost good, I follow your steps and ended install php memcache insted of php memcached, you should fix the line
ReplyDeletesudo apt-get install php5-memcached