PEAR installer issue, question

[arozar]

Im using Scientific Linux, trying to setup a SNORT box, and have goten to the point that I need to run;

pear install Image_Color, it worked great.

pear install Image_Canvas-alpha, not so much

this is the output
pear/Image_Canvas requires PEAR Installer (version >= 1.8.1), installed version is 1.4.9
No valid packages found
install failed

this is what I get as my version
pear version
PEAR Version: 1.4.9
PHP Version: 5.1.6
Zend Engine Version: 2.1.0

so i run this
pear upgrade pear
Skipping package "pear/PEAR", already installed as version 1.9.0
No valid packages found
upgrade failed

here is my list of packages
pear list
Installed packages, channel pear.php.net:
=========================================
Package Version State
Archive_Tar 1.3.3 stable
Console_Getopt 1.2.3 stable
Image_Color 1.0.3 stable
PEAR 1.9.0 stable
Structures_Graph 1.0.2 stable
XML_Util 1.2.1 stable


I don't understand, why is my version1.4.9, but PEAR package is 1.9.0. Do I need to run another command to install the package?

[vbundi]

Sorry to bump an old topic but I also having this problem.

Running centos 5.4

[uvstudios]

I'm having the same problem here. I even downloaded the tar file and tried to install it, but i am not able to make the install. I'm not sure what is going on here. If i figure out anything i'll post back to let you know.

Okay i figured it out this is what you need to do. You are going to need to force the upgrade so type this into your shell.