Symptoms
- On a Plesk for Linux server, an error similar to below one occurs on attempt to use the command
pecl install:# /opt/plesk/php/7.1/bin/pecl install memcached
…
shtool at ‘/tmp/memcached/build/shtool’ does not exist or is not executable.
Make sure that the file exists and is executable and then rerun this script.
ERROR: `phpize’ failed - The directory
/tmpis mounted with the flagÂnoexec:# mount | grep /tmp
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime)
Cause
Installation of PHP modules fails because of the noexec flag on the /tmp directory.
Resolution
Use one of the solutions:
Remount the directory /tmp
-
Connect to the server using SSH.
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Remount the directory
/tmpwith the flagexec:# mount -o remount,exec /tmp
Use another temporary directory
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Connect to the server using SSH.
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Create new temporary directory on a partition that mounted with
execoption, for example:# mkdir /root/tmp
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Change temporary directory for
peclto this newly created directory:# /opt/plesk/php/7.1/bin/pear config-set temp_dir /root/tmp
or
# /opt/plesk/php/7.1/bin/pecl config-set temp_dir /root/tmp
