Re: Make error trying to install PEAR package manager

Hi Tomas, Well, I updated everything in php4/pear and pear/, then configured and re-installed all the PEAR stuff. It works! Previously, pear -v install Foo.tgz didn't return anything other than "couldn't open package:", but now the installs and uninstalls work great. Kudos! (FWIW, this is all under Mac OS X 10.1.3, powerpc-apple-darwin5.3.) Now that I have the package manager working, I'll take a look at go-pear when the dust settles over here. Thanks again for your help! -f -- Derek Fong Web Application Developer subtitle designs inc. <http://www.subtitled.com/> "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." --James Joyce >> GPG key/fingerprint available upon request << On 3.26.02 10:13 am, "Tomas V.V.Cox" <cox@idecnet.com> wrote: > 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 outdated (Getopt, Tar, System, PEAR/*), c) you are testing it under some 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