To configure XCache, edit ${PREFIX}/conf/php5.sample/xcache.ini. To enable the module, create a symbolic link to that file from ${PREFIX}/conf/php5/xcache.ini: ln -fs ${PREFIX}/conf/php5.sample/xcache.ini \ ${PREFIX}/conf/php5/xcache.ini If you already have Apache running on your machine, you should not use "apachectl restart" - instead, you should fully stop and then restart the server.