Re: Using PECL without installing PEAR

On 13.11.2019 at 18:38, Matthieu Napoli wrote: >> Le 13 nov. 2019 à 18:33, Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> a écrit : >> >> On 13.11.2019 at 17:43, Matthieu Napoli wrote: >> >>> Following a discussion with Nikita, I understood that [installing PEAR with PHP is >>> deprecated](https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.4/UPGRADING#L98-L101 <]¶ÏØj®nîÚ4Eð >>> ¢-https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.4/UPGRADING#L98-L101>). >>> However, installing PEAR is necessary for PECL to work (it uses PEAR). >>> >>> I started having a look at what could be done to use PECL without PEAR.. This lead me >>> to the following question: as a first step, would it make sense to provide PECL as a self-contained >>> PHAR? >>> That way users can download the PHAR and avoid install PEAR. Following that we can have >>> a look at trimming the PECL package, but the PHAR would be a first step. >> >> Are you looking for >> <https://github.com/pear/pearweb_phars>? Well, these are the PEAR installers. After downloading and running, you have a working PEAR/PECL installation. That's basically what --with-pear does. -- Christoph M. Becker