I recently installed PHP 5.4 from source but needed to add APC.
Most people can install this using PECL, but I got an error doing this:
$ pecl install apc
Warning: lstat(): Lstat failed for /private/tmp/pear/cache/497e483d585c1e3f341260e73a8c6e85rest.cacheid in PEAR/REST.php on line 276
Warning: lstat(): Lstat failed for /private/tmp/pear/cache/497e483d585c1e3f341260e73a8c6e85rest.cacheid in /opt/php-5.4.15/lib/php/PEAR/REST.php on line 276
No releases available for package "pecl.php.net/apc"
install failed
So instead I downloaded the APC source from the PECL website and ran the following:
cd APC-3.1.13/
phpize
./configure --with-php-config=/opt/php/bin/php-config --enable-apc
make
export TEST_PHP_ARGS='-n'
sudo make install
Note that my php-config setting is a little different because I installed my PHP into /opt instead of the default /usr/bin
The output of make install is:
$ sudo make install
Installing shared extensions: /opt/php-5.4.15/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/
Installing header files: /opt/php-5.4.15/include/php/
Copy the Installing shared extensions path into your php.ini file.
[apc]
extension=/opt/php-5.4.15/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/apc.so
apc.enabled=1
apc.shm_size=128M
apc.ttl=7200
apc.user_ttl=7200
apc.enable_cli=1
You can double check the installation process by either reviewing phpinfo(); in a browser or using CLI:
php -i | grep apc
If you see something like the following (from php -i)…all good:
apc.cache_by_default => On => On
apc.canonicalize => On => On
apc.coredump_unmap => Off => Off
apc.enable_cli => On => On
apc.enabled => On => On
apc.file_md5 => Off => Off
apc.file_update_protection => 2 => 2
apc.filters => no value => no value
apc.gc_ttl => 3600 => 3600
apc.include_once_override => Off => Off
apc.lazy_classes => Off => Off
apc.lazy_functions => Off => Off
apc.max_file_size => 1M => 1M
apc.mmap_file_mask => no value => no value
apc.num_files_hint => 1000 => 1000
apc.preload_path => no value => no value
apc.report_autofilter => Off => Off
apc.rfc1867 => Off => Off
apc.rfc1867_freq => 0 => 0
apc.rfc1867_name => APC_UPLOAD_PROGRESS => APC_UPLOAD_PROGRESS
apc.rfc1867_prefix => upload_ => upload_
apc.rfc1867_ttl => 3600 => 3600
apc.serializer => default => default
apc.shm_segments => 1 => 1
apc.shm_size => 128M => 128M
apc.shm_strings_buffer => 4M => 4M
apc.slam_defense => On => On
apc.stat => On => On
apc.stat_ctime => Off => Off
apc.ttl => 7200 => 7200
apc.use_request_time => On => On
apc.user_entries_hint => 4096 => 4096
apc.user_ttl => 7200 => 7200
apc.write_lock => On => On