Installation trouble...

[jasvarghese]

Hi all,

I am new to PEAR. I want to install PEAR and work on it. I am using PHP Version 5.2.1. Can anybody tell me the step by step installation and configuration of PEAR in my existing framework.

Any help would be highly appreciated.
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- Jaison
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Read and follow these pages:
http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.php

If there are still questions, you need to ask a little bit more precisely.

[mattB]

Dear jasvarghese,

I know it has been some time since you posted the request, but I hope the following will be helpful to others.

I've been using PHP for 18 months now. I read through this forum and the official Instruction but found them all very complicated, refering to 'CVS' and various commands. I don't know if i've missed out an important feature but I was able to install and run Pear packages as follows:

1. Install PEAR by

Locate PHP directory
Run go-pear.bat
Install as local
Choose desired install locations (recommend using suggested locations). Hit ‘Enter’.
Choose ‘Yes’ to Would you like to alter php.ini.

PEAR is then installed in the php\PEAR directory

2. Download & Install required Packages

Open command prompt
Change directory to the php directory where PEAR is installed.

To install and download a package use the following command structure:
Pear install [options] <package>

The options are listed below. I wanted to use the Mail package so I typed
Pear install –a mail

The packages are installed php\PEAR directory

And it all worked lovely

I have a couple of questions for anyone reading this who knows more than me.
1. Why bother using the download command if the install command downloads the packages as well?
2. I thought optional components weren't required, yet when I download the optional components only I couldn't get the mail package to work. Any ideas? Is it best to download all associated packages?



Command Options:
-f, --force
will overwrite newer installed packages
-l, --loose
do not check for recommended dependency version
-n, --nodeps
ignore dependencies, install anyway
-r, --register-only
do not install files, only register the package as installed
-s, --soft
soft install, fail silently, or upgrade if already installed
-B, --nobuild
don't build C extensions
-Z, --nocompress
request uncompressed files when downloading
-R DIR, --installroot=DIR
root directory used when installing files (ala PHP's INSTALL_ROOT), usepackagingroot for RPM
-P DIR, --packagingroot=DIR
root directory used when packaging files, like RPM packaging
--ignore-errors
force install even if there were errors
-a, --alldeps
install all required and optional dependencies
-o, --onlyreqdeps
install all required dependencies

Hope this is helpful, Matt

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