after I installed a package with pear, i would like to know what files this package installed. how can i check that?
thanks
If you installed the package via the pear installer (for example with "pear install package-name" at the command line), then you just need to do:
$ pear list package-name
It will also tell you what type of files they are (test scripts, documentation, data etc.)
If the package is from a different channel than pear.php.net, prefix the package name with the channel name and /:
$ pear list channel-name/package-name
It would be easiest just to go to the pear folder and look for the folder of the package you just installed. I don't think pear has a built in utility for this.
#People downvoting. I think you misunderstand. He doesn't want to know what packages he has, he wasn't to know the specific files the packages add.
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I want to invoke the stats_rand_gen_exponential() function but apparently to do so I need to install the Statistics extension.
How do I install extensions using Composer?
UPDATE
I cannot understand what could possibly be wrong.
PHP extensions can't be installed using Composer. You can require them, but all that does is tell Composer that they need them to run, so that they will fail explicitly when someone installs the dependencies for your package. See https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#platform-packages for details.
There are a number of ways to install PHP extensions and the best will often depend on your platform. On Linux, there may be packages available for that extension via your package manager, and if so that's the easiest method. PECL looks to be the recommended installation method for this extension, so that would be my second choice if it's not available via a package manager. Or if you're using phpbrew you can probably use phpbrew ext install to install the extension you need.
I have an old project that relies heavily on PEAR. I need to run the script that installs pear packages daily on a clean virtual machine. In other words, I have to install packages daily since it's a new vm everyday.
Now that PEAR is down and there is no ETA, I can't instal from php.pear.net
My question is how to install pear packages now that pear server is down.
Download the zip you need from https://github.com/pear/ for example: https://github.com/pear/Pager and then pear install package.xml
Unfortunately, this is a terrible solution and it remains to wait until the party gets up.
I tried install package pear Pager in this way:
Download zip from github -> in console I went to the downloaded folder -> I used the command: sudo pear install package.xml
then Pager is installed, but with many package this is very problematic...
I got info from another dev that I have to wait for the website to get up, but it has been going on for so long...
I've just installed a PEAR package (Event_Dispatcher) and I can't use the classes in that package. When I run the command pear list I see the new package, however I see that the classes in the package are saved in /usr/lib/php (I have a Mac).
Is there a loading part after installing a PEAR package? How exactly do I move the files to the right place? Can I simply cut and paste the folder to the pear root folder?
Thanks!
Most PEAR packages have to be included via the usual include() and require() functions. They're not precompiled binaries, like (say) the MySQL driver (mysql.so/mysql.dll) are. As long as /usr/lib/php is in your include_path, PHP should be able to load up the package automatically when you do include('nameofpackage.php').
When PEAR is installed it usually automagically configures your php.ini to add the PEAR library path to the php.ini. Then, for each package, the authors will usually provide a file that will load the library for you which sits in the root of this PEAR lib directory.
For example, a PEAR package MDB2 has a load of different classes located under /MDB2, but there's also a PHP script at /MDB2.php, so all you need to do from your PHP code is this:
require_once("MDB2.php").
You'll obviously need to keep track of what you have installed on your local dev machine and make sure it's installed on the production server(s) too.
All,
I have installed xampp for linux on ubuntu 9.10. The installation directory is /opt/lampp. The xampp website says PEAR comes with the installation.. I am relatively new to PEAR and want to know the answers for following:
Is PEAR installed with xampp or need to be installed separately using synaptic package manager? I browse to /opt/lampp/bin directory and see "pear" there, but when i type it in the command line, it says
"The program 'pear' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install php-pear
pear: command not found
"
I want to use PEAR:SOAP package in my PHP code. How to use that? Do I need to set any paths to the pear in my php.ini?
Thanks
I figured it out.. xampp comes with pear... So, what I did was..
cd /opt/lampp/bin
sudo ./pear install soap
In PHP code, "require_once("SOAP/Client.php");
That's all !! :)
from what I was able to ascertain from my coleagues, you would need to populate pear to be able to use it.
It does come with the installation, but requires the population to be used.
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First, go to your xampp installation
directory/folder and navigate to the
php directory. For me it’s
x:\xamplite\php
x:
cd \xampplite\php
pear install <package-name>
once this is done pear should be available to be used. And as for the second question. XAMPP should have taken care of any settings that were needed. You should not require any additions into the .ini for it to work.
However remember that there are no secuiritis when programming in this fashion, as stated by the XAMPP website.
EDIT**
also you have Pear Ubuntu install guide link that may help.
The error message you got back should be enough. Apparently the pear program isn't in your path. How did you install XAMPP? Did you use the package manager, or did you install it yourself?
If you used the package manager, then this is the correct next step:
sudo apt-get install php-pear
As you were given in the command help. Ubuntu doesn't install a lot of things by default, but it does install a database of stuff you might type, and what package you need to install to get that command to work.
If you installed it yourself, then you need to figure out how to get PEAR to register as being installed.
I want to install PEAR on PHP 5, so I can use Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer.
I don`t know how to install it on my ISP nor my personal MacBook.
Thoughts for both?
The PEAR Manual has a quite extensive list of instructions on how to install the PEAR manager on Windows, *NIX and Mac OS X. The manual also has a section on installing PEAR remotely, for example using FTP. Following those instructions, you should be able to install PEAR (nearly) anywhere. :)
From the command line, do this:
pear install Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer
You can also download the package directly here without using PEAR: http://download.pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer-0.9.1.tgz. It's pretty easy to use if you have the script located anywhere within your include path.
For your personal computer, using the "pear" script that ships with most PHP distributions is a good idea.
For shared hosting, you can
Track your dependencies manually, and copy all the appropriate files to the server yourself
With pear installed, do "pear install -R/my/root_dir -a Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer". This will install the package and all dependencies to the specified root directory. Copy this installation to your webhost.
You should also have a look at "pear help" and "pear help install".
You can't install pear to your isp's core. But you can install the individual files from pear's site and upload them to your host:
http://pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer/download