Comments on: Laconica – Bugs, Extra Features and DH Compatability

By: kay

kay — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:35:14 +0000

Hi,

Can you tell me how to install memcache on Dreamhost VPS ?

Any step by step tutorial please?

Thanks a lot.

By: JuanJose

JuanJose — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:44:01 +0000

I don’t compile PHP unless I absolutely have to, generally that would be to enable SOAP. I just compile the source for the extension then modify the php.ini or setup a custom php.ini to enable it.

I did compile PHP for my PS though, you can find my notes on that here:

http://www.gimmesoda.com/a-few-notes-for-building-php-5-on-dreamhost-ps/

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:32:53 +0000

I figured as much. One last question (sorry).

Did you use any of the install scripts on this page: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Template:PHP5_installscript

and if so, which? I tried all of them and I get a failure with each. Some of the parts of the download fail because of the mirrors so I uploaded them directly and it still fails. Says to check config.log and it’s blank.

Any ideas?

By: JuanJose

JuanJose — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:09:53 +0000

Installing memcached won’t install the PHP extension. You need to manually compile it and then setup the extension in the php.ini.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:08:57 +0000

I have the same config but my extensions aren’t memcache/memcached extensions aren’t loaded in PHP.

Did you recompile your own or add them to your php.ini file? Any other trickery?

By: JuanJose

JuanJose — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:29:42 +0000

You can see a copy of the file I use here:

http://www.gimmesoda.com/memcached.conf

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:01:27 +0000

If I can ask, what do you edit in the memcached.conf file?

By: JuanJose

JuanJose — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:37:38 +0000

Catherine Scholz:
I'm also stuck trying to get memcached working I installed it with some help but now I need to edit the .conf file how do I do that?

Thanks so much,
-WebWeaver
http://catswebweave.com

You'll need to have an admin user setup, login with it, then use a command like: sudo vi /etc/memcached.conf Good luck!

By: Catherine Scholz

Catherine Scholz — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:57:27 +0000

I’m also stuck trying to get memcached working – I installed it with some help – but now I need to edit the .conf file – how do I do that?

Thanks so much,
-WebWeaver
http://catswebweave.com

By: JuanJose

JuanJose — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:25:17 +0000

If you’re on a PS all you need to do is run:

sudo apt-get install memcached

Then edit:

/etc/memcached.conf

You’ll be set.