Satisfying Server Requirements of Common Drupal 7 Modules

Written by Mark Chambers on November 11, 2016

These instructions were tested under Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS using PHP 5.6.

If you’re wondering how to upgrade to PHP 5.6 on Ubuntu 14.04.5 then read Step 2 of this article.

Advanced CSS/JS Aggregator

AdvAgg requires Apache’s mod_headers and mod_expires to be enabled. The following commands will accomplish that.

In a terminal run:

sudo a2enmod headers
sudo a2enmod expires
sudo service apache2 restart

That’s it!

Installing PECL

PECL is a repository for PHP extensions, some of which may be required by your Drupal modules. Simply run:

sudo apt-get -y install php5.6-dev make

Done. Now you’re ready to install PECL extensions.

Installing PECL uploadprogress for Drupal Core

Open a terminal and run the following commands:

1: Install the library

sudo pecl install uploadprogress

2: Add to PHP

Create an .ini file:

sudo vi /etc/php/5.6/mods-available/uploadprogress.ini

Add the following text:

extension=uploadprogress.so

Then run:

sudo phpenmod uploadprogress

3: Restart Apache

sudo service apache2 restart

Done.

Installing PECL runkit for Extended Path Aliases

This library is required to use the advanced features of Extended Path Alias.

Open a terminal and run the following commands:

1: Install the library

sudo pecl install runkit

2: Add to PHP

Create an .ini file:

sudo vi /etc/php/5.6/mods-available/runkit.ini

Add the following text:

extension=runkit.so

Then run:

sudo phpenmod runkit

3: Restart Apache

sudo service apache2 restart

Done.

Removing PECL, but not its libraries

Remove the dev package

sudo apt-get remove php5.6-dev

Clean up the dependencies

sudo apt-get autoremove

Done.

Source
MatruDEV, Antoine Solutions, Dmitry Zenovich