How do I install PECL Yaml, apcu, and xdebug for php 7.0 on Ubuntu 16.04?

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I set up a new linode (Linode 2048) with Ubuntu 16.04, Nginx 1.10.0, and php 7.0.4. I set up a basic Grav installation with the admin plugin and all seems to be working well. I believe that I have all the required php extensions installed:

==> dpkg -l | grep php
ii php-common 1:35ubuntu6 all Common files for PHP packages
ii php7.0-cli 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 command-line interpreter for the PHP scripting language
ii php7.0-common 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 documentation, examples and common module for PHP
ii php7.0-curl 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 CURL module for PHP
ii php7.0-fpm 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)
ii php7.0-gd 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 GD module for PHP
ii php7.0-json 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 JSON module for PHP
ii php7.0-mbstring 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 MBSTRING module for PHP
ii php7.0-opcache 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 Zend OpCache module for PHP
ii php7.0-readline 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 readline module for PHP
ii php7.0-xml 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 DOM, SimpleXML, WDDX, XML, and XSL module for PHP
ii php7.0-zip 7.0.4-7ubuntu2 amd64 Zip module for PHP

I am not sure how to install some of the optional modules for php 7.0?
apcu
PECL Yaml
xdebug

(I did install opcache.)

When I do “apt-cache search php7.0-”, I do not see any of these modules listed.

Are these optional modules still recommended for Ubuntu 16.04/php 7.0? Has anyone installed them for this environment and can point me to the procedures?

I am really new to Web Development (although, I have lots of experience with Linux), but I am trying to learn! Since I am new, I wanted to start with the newer environment, Ubuntu 16.04, php 7.0, … I want to start off with a solid installation as a foundation to build on. I have been able to set up this environment, including the optional modules listed, on my Mac, using Homebrew (Using Andy’s instructions). I would also like to get the same environment working on Ubuntu 16.04 if that still makes sense.

Thanks a lot for any pointers or suggestions.

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you can find packages with:

$ sudo apt-cache search php7.0

Should be something like:

$ sudo apt-get install php7.0-xcache php7.0-yaml php7.0-apcu

I do plan on writing an Ubuntu 16.04/PHP 7.0 version of the VPS installation docs as there are several changes required due to new package versions and new file locations.

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Thanks, I did search the apt package list, but these packages do not exist:

george@linode1: /home/george
==> sudo apt-cache search php7.0 | egrep “yaml|apcu|xcache”

george@linode1: /home/george

After spending some time on Google, this is what I have found for yaml (I replaced php5-dev with php7.0-dev)

sudo apt-get install php7.0-dev php-pear libyaml-dev
sudo pecl install yaml

It downloaded the 1.2 version of yaml and tried to build it, but the build failed.

In file included from /tmp/pear/temp/yaml/yaml.c:35:0:
/tmp/pear/temp/yaml/php_yaml.h:56:40: fatal error: ext/standard/php_smart_str.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

The procedure that I found was for php 5.x, so may be that’s why it failed. I will dig deeper, and see if I can get it working.

Yes, it will be nice when you get a chance to update the VPS installation docs.

Thanks!

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Ubuntu 16.04 is very new to me too. I just got things running on a test VPS a couple of days ago. I need to go back and redo it and take notes this time. Wasn’t too bad, but a little different than previous.

Also PHP7.0 is new to Ubuntu so they probably just don’t have all the packages available yet. Took a while to get some of these in Homebrew also, so it’s to be expected.

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Yes, I know that it’s all new. I guess since I am just really getting started, I wanted to start with the latest. Also, I tried:

$ sudo pecl install yaml-beta

This time, the build worked:

Build process completed successfully
Installing '/usr/lib/php/20151012/yaml.so’
install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/yaml-2.0.0RC7
configuration option “php_ini” is not set to php.ini location
You should add “extension=yaml.so” to php.ini

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FYI, I found this procedure, which worked for me, for installing the yaml beta version for php7.0:

sudo pecl install yaml-beta sudo sh -c “echo extension=yaml.so > /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/yaml.ini”
sudo ln -s /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/yaml.ini /etc/php/7.0/fpm/conf.d/20-yaml.ini sudo ln -s /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/yaml.ini /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-yaml.ini
$ sudo service php7.0-fpm restart

I also found a similar procedure for apau, which DID NOT work. It does not build correctly:

sudo pecl install apcu sudo sh -c “echo extension=apcu.so > /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/apcu.ini”
sudo ln -s /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/apcu.ini /etc/php/7.0/fpm/conf.d/20-apcu.ini sudo ln -s /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/apcu.ini /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-apcu.ini
$ sudo service php7.0-fpm restart

I found both procedures at:

They were for Ubuntu 14.04 with, I believe, a pre-release version of php7.0.

Anyway, I just wanted to share what I have learned so far in case it might be helpful to someone.

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I did some more research and learned that APCu beta version 5.1.0 is compatible with php7.0 (https://pecl.php.net/package/APCu/5.1.0) so:

==> sudo pecl install apcu-5.1.0

worked:

Build process completed successfully
Installing '/usr/lib/php/20151012/apcu.so’
Installing '/usr/include/php/20151012/ext/apcu/apc_sma_api.h’
Installing '/usr/include/php/20151012/ext/apcu/apc_cache_api.h’
Installing '/usr/include/php/20151012/ext/apcu/apc_pool_api.h’
Installing '/usr/include/php/20151012/ext/apcu/apc_lock_api.h’
Installing '/usr/include/php/20151012/ext/apcu/apc.h’
Installing '/usr/include/php/20151012/ext/apcu/apc_serializer.h’
Installing '/usr/include/php/20151012/ext/apcu/apc_api.h’
install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/apcu-5.1.0
configuration option “php_ini” is not set to php.ini location
You should add “extension=apcu.so” to php.ini

and I was able to install it via the procedure that I previously noted.

So I now have the beta versions of yaml and apcu installed on my Mac OS, Ubuntu 16.04 VM, but, being new, I do not know how well it’s working.

My Grav 1.10.0 install Configuration Info shows:

Configuration
apcu
APCu Support
Enabled

yaml
LibYAML Support
enabled
Module Version
2.0.0RC7
LibYAML Version
0.1.6

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Oops, there is a pecl apcu stable version, apcu-5.1.3.

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Have you found any speed improvements with APCu in PHP 7.0? In my testing with Grav at least, there is no performance benefit over files. This is a bit strange as it makes a huge difference in PHP 5.x

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I just google’ed a website to test the page load speed, http://tools.pingdom.com. Can you recommend a better resource? Anyway, I ran some very quick tests. I may have seen a slight improvement with apcu loaded, but not much. This was a 1 page Grav site. I have been focused on getting a clean Ubuntu 16.04, php 7.0 installation working. And, then I will get back to developing my site, using Grav. I think that I am about there.

Again, keep in mind, I am new at this.

And, btw, I learned that APCU can be installed with just:

sudo apt install php-apcu

This is the latest, 5.1.3 version, which is suppose to be compatible with php 7.0.

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Check to make sure you have apcu loaded by searching for it in phpinfo page.

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Yes, I had restarted php-fpm and verified on the php info page that it was running.

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Thanks guys! This thread helped A LOT!