Installing APC on CentOS servers

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# Basic instructions derived from here:
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#  http://www.bilot.com/?p=477
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# and here:
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#  http://mrfloris.com/vbulletin/installing-apc-on-centos-5-server/
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# Additional information about the need for pcre-devel obtained from here:
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#  http://www.unixsurgeon.com/kb/make-apc-lo-error-1-apc-installation.html

# Install Pecl and other dependencies:
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yum -y install php-pear php-devel httpd-devel pcre-devel

# Install APC:
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pecl install apc
echo "extension=apc.so" > /etc/php.d/apc.ini

# Restart server:
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service httpd restart

# Check it's being loaded correctly:
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php -i | grep apc