# /bin/sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Another way to use it and to clear up swap as well
/bin/sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches && swapoff -a && swapon -a
How to drop CentOS memory cache ?
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Required RPMs to install DirectAdmin on CentOS 5/6
# yum install wget gcc gcc-c++ flex bison make bind bind-libs bind-utils openssl openssl-devel perl quota libaio libcom_err-devel libcurl-devel gd zlib-devel zip unzip libcap-devel cronie bzip2 db4-devel cyrus-sasl-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed autoconf automake libtool
How to install libmcrypt on CentOS 6.x via RPM ?
CentOS 6.x (64 bit) Installation Notes:
# cd /tmp/
# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/libmcrypt/libmcrypt-devel-2.5.7-1.2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
# wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/libmcrypt/libmcrypt-2.5.7-1.2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -Uhv libmcrypt-*.rpm