A client asked me to install this last night and I figured i’d share the joy that is pear.<\/p>\n
To install pear on a server, simply use the following commands; To uninstall, simply reverse the process A client asked me to install this last night and I figured i’d share the joy that is pear. To install pear on a server, simply use the following commands; wget http:\/\/pear.php.net\/go-pear php go-pear Once pear is installed, you can see a list of the available options by typing in pear at the command line…. <\/p>\n
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\nwget http:\/\/pear.php.net\/go-pear
\nphp go-pear<\/code>
\nOnce pear is installed, you can see a list of the available options by typing in
\npear<\/code> at the command line. This will bring up a list of switched, flags and commands to review, install and remove pear packages.
\n
\nroot@host [~]# pear
\nCommands:
\nbuild Build an Extension From C Source
\nbundle Unpacks a Pecl Package
\nchannel-add Add a Channel
\nchannel-alias Specify an alias to a channel name
\nchannel-delete Remove a Channel From the List
\nchannel-discover Initialize a Channel from its server
\nchannel-info Retrieve Information on a Channel
\nchannel-login Connects and authenticates to remote channel server
\nchannel-logout Logs out from the remote channel server
\nchannel-update Update an Existing Channel
\nclear-cache Clear Web Services Cache
\nconfig-create Create a Default configuration file
\nconfig-get Show One Setting
\nconfig-help Show Information About Setting
\nconfig-set Change Setting
\nconfig-show Show All Settings
\nconvert Convert a package.xml 1.0 to package.xml 2.0 format
\ncvsdiff Run a \"cvs diff\" for all files in a package
\ncvstag Set CVS Release Tag
\ndownload Download Package
\ndownload-all Downloads each available package from the default channel
\ninfo Display information about a package
\ninstall Install Package
\nlist List Installed Packages In The Default Channel
\nlist-all List All Packages
\nlist-channels List Available Channels
\nlist-files List Files In Installed Package
\nlist-upgrades List Available Upgrades
\nlogin Connects and authenticates to remote server [Deprecated in favor of channel-login]
\nlogout Logs out from the remote server [Deprecated in favor of channel-logout]
\nmakerpm Builds an RPM spec file from a PEAR package
\npackage Build Package
\npackage-dependencies Show package dependencies
\npackage-validate Validate Package Consistency
\npickle Build PECL Package
\nremote-info Information About Remote Packages
\nremote-list List Remote Packages
\nrun-scripts Run Post-Install Scripts bundled with a package
\nrun-tests Run Regression Tests
\nsearch Search remote package database
\nshell-test Shell Script Test
\nsign Sign a package distribution file
\nsvntag Set SVN Release Tag
\nuninstall Un-install Package
\nupdate-channels Update the Channel List
\nupgrade Upgrade Package
\nupgrade-all Upgrade All Packages [Deprecated in favor of calling upgrade with no parameters]
\nUsage: pear [options] command [command-options]
\nType \"pear help shortcuts\" to list all command shortcuts.
\nType \"pear help
\n<\/command><\/parameters><\/code>
\nTo install mail_queue I searched for the package type I wanted to install;
\n
\nroot@host [~]# pear search mail_queue
\nWARNING: channel \"pear.php.net\" has updated its protocols, use \"pear channel-update pear.php.net\" to update
\nRetrieving data...0%
\n....50%..Matched packages, channel pear.php.net:
\n=======================================
\nPackage Stable\/(Latest) Local
\nMail 1.2.0b2 (beta) Class that provides multiple interfaces for sending emails
\nMail_IMAP 1.1.0RC2 (beta) Provides a c-client backend for webmail.
\nMail_IMAPv2 0.2.0 (beta) Provides a c-client backend for webmail.
\nMail_Mbox 0.6.3 (beta) Read and modify Unix MBOXes
\nMail_Mime 1.6.0RC2 (beta) Mail_Mime provides classes to create mime messages.
\nMail_mimeDecode 1.5.1 (stable) Provides a class to decode mime messages.
\nMail_Queue 1.2.3 (stable) Class for put mails in queue and send them later in background.
\nNet_Vpopmaild 0.3.2 (beta) Class for accessing Vpopmail's vpopmaild daemon
\n<\/code>
\nI see the package I want is Mail_Queue 1.2.3 (stable)
\nTo install it I simply add the package to install
\n
\nroot@host [~]# pear install mail_queue
\nWARNING: channel \"pear.php.net\" has updated its protocols, use \"pear channel-update pear.php.net\" to update
\nUnknown remote channel: pear.phpdb.org
\nWARNING: \"pear\/DB\" is deprecated in favor of \"pear\/MDB2\"
\nUnknown remote channel: pear.phpdb.org
\nWARNING: \"pear\/MDB\" is deprecated in favor of \"pear\/MDB2\"
\nDid not download optional dependencies: channel:\/\/pear.phpdb.org\/creole, pear\/DB, channel:\/\/pear.phpdb.org\/jargon, pear\/MDB, pear\/MDB2, use --alldeps to download automatically
\nDid not download dependencies: pear\/Net_SMTP, use --alldeps or --onlyreqdeps to download automatically
\npear\/Mail_Queue can optionally use package \"channel:\/\/pear.phpdb.org\/creole\"
\npear\/Mail_Queue can optionally use package \"pear\/DB\"
\npear\/Mail_Queue can optionally use package \"channel:\/\/pear.phpdb.org\/jargon\"
\npear\/Mail_Queue can optionally use package \"pear\/MDB\"
\npear\/Mail_Queue can optionally use package \"pear\/MDB2\"
\npear\/Mail can optionally use package \"pear\/Net_SMTP\" (version >= 1.1.0)
\ndownloading Mail_Queue-1.2.3.tgz ...
\nStarting to download Mail_Queue-1.2.3.tgz (19,482 bytes)
\n.......done: 19,482 bytes
\nDownload of \"pear\/mail_queue\" succeeded,
\ndownloadingMail_Queue-1.2.3.tgz ...
\nStarting to download Mail_Queue-1.2.3.tgz (19,482 bytes)
\n...done: 19,482 bytes
\ninstall ok: channel:\/\/pear.php.net\/Mail_Queue-1.2.3
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\n
\nroot@host [~]# pear uninstall mail_queue
\nuninstall ok: channel:\/\/pear.php.net\/Mail_Queue-1.2.3
\nroot@host [~]#
\n<\/code>
\nThat’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"