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Install memcache on a MediaTemple (dv)
wget http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
rpm --install rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
yum install --enablerepo=rpmforge memcached
memcached -d -m 512 -l 127.0.0.1 -p 11211 -u nobody
wget http://pecl.php.net/get/memcache-2.2.5.tgz
tar -xvf memcache-2.2.5.tgz
cd memcache-2.2.5
phpize && ./configure --enable-memcache && make
cp /root/memcache-2.2.5/modules/memcache.so /usr/lib/php/modules/
echo extension=memcache.so >> /etc/php.ini
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
@vinniefranco
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Quick note: On a dv 3.x server I had to use /usr/lib64/php/modules

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Teevio commented Mar 10, 2014

I can confirm this worked on the (dv) 4.0 with the one small path edit that @vinniefranco mentioned.

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