I previously wrote about how to Enable Pear Packages when using Plesk , here’s how to do it when you run your own LAMP stack .
First up, see if the PEAR management tool is already installed (the command pear should be available).
mattias-laptop ~ # pear
The program ‘pear’ is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
apt-get install php-pear
If it’s not, simply install the package by issueing the command suggested.
mattias-laptop ~ # apt-get install php-pear
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
….
Setting up php-pear (5.2.6-2ubuntu4) …
After installation of the management tool is completed, you can quickly install new PEAR packages like this.
pear install PackageName
A useful hint is that the Pear Packages which are missing, can be easily installed by typing in the full packagename. Here’s an example.
mattias-laptop # php -q test.php _
Warning: require_once(Console/Getargs.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/test/test.php on line 36_
Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘Console/Getargs.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear’) in /var/www/test/test.php on line 36
The missing PEAR package “Console/Getargs.php ” can be installed like this.
pear install Console_Getargs
Just replace each folder within the PEAR class by an underscore, leave out the “.php” extension, and you can install any PEAR package you want. That’s good news, because there are a lot of very useful PEAR packages around!