The command line installer is the easiest way to install PEAR
packages on your system: It connects to the PEAR package server
via a simple HTTP connection, loads the package on your system
and installs it to the desired location.
Using the command line installer is pretty straightforward and
easy to use. Simply run the following line on your shell:
<package> has to be replaced with the name of the package
you want to install (e.g. HTTP_Upload). To get a list of the
available packages, you can point your browser to the PEAR package browser or you
can run:
This command returns a list of all packages that are available in
PEAR at the moment.
If you have downloaded a package release from
pear.php.net as a gzipped tar
archive, you can also install it locally. To do this, run the
following line on your shell:
$ pear install <file>.tgz
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This command will automatically install the package and does not
require an online connection. <file>.tgz
has to be replaced with the name of the downloaded
file.
