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Hi everybody,

I have just downloaded XAMPP 7.0.5 for linux 64 bit, however it seems to be missing the new APCu extension ... Could someone explain how to properly install it?

Thanks!

I did not check for APCu, i even dont know what it is. BUT: if Xampp lacks the extension, you cannot change that. There is no way to install foreign extensions from scratch.

If you need this extension, do not use Xampp. Instead install Apache/MySQL/PHP from the repositorys of your distribution, that is by far better maintained and you can build your own modules from scratch.

Nobbie wrote:I did not check for APCu, i even dont know what it is. BUT: if Xampp lacks the extension, you cannot change that. There is no way to install foreign extensions from scratch.

If you need this extension, do not use Xampp. Instead install Apache/MySQL/PHP from the repositorys of your distribution, that is by far better maintained and you can build your own modules from scratch.

Actually, I found out that it was very easy to install a PHP extension from source, using XAMPP with developer files.

Just download you source, unzip/untar them, enter the new directory with sources, and then call

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/opt/lampp/bin/phpize
./configure --with-php-config=/opt/lampp/bin/php-config
make
make install


Then, you might need to move the compiled extension to the extension dir and enable it in php.ini