Re: win32: lynx installtion does not promt for user input

Urs Gehrig wrote: > > hi tomas > > thanx for the feedback. well i tried it. it has not yet changed something. > here the > output (i also tried buf(f)ering.. ;): Ah yes, I forgot that under Windows you have to download first the script and execute then: c> lynx -source http://pear.php.net/go-pear > go-pear c> php -d output_bufering=0 -q Tomas V.V.Cox > --- > C:\php>lynx -source http://pear.php.net/go-pear | php -d > output_bufering=0 -q > Welcome to go-pear! > > Go-pear will install the 'pear' command and all the files needed by > it. This command is your tool for PEAR installation and maintenance. > > Go-pear also lets you download and install the PEAR packages bundled > with PHP: DB, Net_Socket, Net_SMTP, Mail, XML_Parser. > > If you wish to abort, press Control-C now, or press Enter to continue: > HTTP proxy (host:port), or Enter for none: > Below is a suggested file layout for your new PEAR installation. To > change individual locations, type the number in front of the > directory. Type 'all' to change all of them or simply press Enter to > accept these locations. > > 1. Installation prefix : c:\php4 > 2. Binaries directory : $prefix > 3. PHP code directory : $prefix\pear > 4. Documentation base directory : $php_dir\docs > 5. Data base directory : $php_dir\data > 6. Tests base directory : $php_dir\tests > > 1-6, 'all' or Enter to continue: > The following PEAR packages are bundled with PHP: DB, Net_Socket, Net_SMTP, > Mail, XML_Parser. > Would you like to install these as well? [Y/n] : > Downloading package: PEAR.............ok > Downloading package: Archive_Tar......ok > Downloading package: Console_Getopt...ok > Downloading package: XML_RPC..........^C > C:\php> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cox@idecnet.com [mailto:cox@idecnet.com] > > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:55 PM > > To: urs@circle.ch > > Cc: pear-dev@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] win32: lynx installtion does not promt for user > > input > > > > > > Urs Gehrig wrote: > > > > > > dear all > > > > > > i typed "c:\>lynx -source > > > http://pear.php.net/go-pear | php -q" and the > > > installer directly started downloading and installing packages > > to c:\php4, > > > which is not my current php installation directory. > > > > > > according to the text given by the script, it seems, that i > > could configure > > > the installation directory before the packages get downloaded. > > > > > > is there a bug? > > > > You perhaps aren't seeing the output of the script because (I guess) a > > problem with output buffering under Windows. Try that instead: > > > > lynx -source http://pear.php.net/go-pear | php -d > > output_bufering=0 -q > > > > Note that there is some other know problems with the pear.in/pear.bat > > scripts not getting completly right installed in the system. I'm pending > > on fix that. > > > > > > Tomas V.V.Cox > >