Re: Make error trying to install PEAR package manager

derek fong wrote: > > >From CVS, I got everything in pear/ as instructed. As a test, I then did > pear package HTML_QuickForm/package.xml while I was in ~/sandbox/pear. I > kept getting an error that pear couldn't open package.xml. It wasn't until > I went into the HTML_QuickForm directory and just did pear package > package.xml that it managed to package everything up. Just a thought, but > shouldn't it work even if you're not in the actual sub-package's directory? > (Well, that's the impression the docs gave anyway.) Anyway, it's a minor > issue, but I think it should be fixed eventually... > > The other problem that I'm having now is trying to install the actual > package I just created. When I do pear install HTML_QuickForm-1.12.tgz, I > get "pear: could not open the package file:". According to the docs, this > should work, no? Incidentally, I also tried the other syntax mentioned in > the docs (pear install http://pear.php.net/get/HTTP_Upload) and > that gave me > the same error. Am I missing something from my PEAR installation? I just > installed the PEAR base packages from CVS about three days ago so I think > I'm pretty up-to-date in that area. All this you say here, works for me with no problem. Perhaps: a) Stig and I were working very very recently in the Installer, so perhaps 3 days is not enough, b) the rest of the support libs you are using are outdated (Getopt, Tar, System, PEAR/*), c) you are testing it under some operating system that hasn't been tested yet, d) your PEAR installation is broken (try go-pear). Please let us know what is causing your problems or at least a more detailed report. BTW, try "pear -v install Foo.tgz". > Oh, and one last thing: is there a direct link to the Package Browser on the > PEAR site? I didn't even know it existed until I read the doc and hunted on > the PEAR site for it. Maybe a link in the top menu would be better? > As you are probably releasing, all this thing is very new and apart that is working very fine for most of us, it's still in beta stage. That's why you don't see the whole pear web. Try http://pear.php.net/?devme to set the properly cookie, to be able to navigate through the whole site. Tomas V.V.Cox