Re: Re: go-pear question

Greg Beaver wrote: > Steven wrote: ---8<--- >>and then the error: >> >>Error >>System's Tempdir failed, trying to use $prefix/tmp ...mkdir failed: / >>mkdir /tmp ... failed >> >>What is going wrong here? I checked, the $prefix directory is world >>writable. I don't understand it.. >> >>I hope somebody can help me with this.. > > Your host has set up safe mode (see the error message) which makes it > very difficult to run pear. The best option is (if possible) on a local > unix box, install with the exact paths you wish to use, and then ftp the > installed files to your host. Apology for the late response. Do you mean it's it difficult to run pear altogether in this environment (safe mode on) or do you mean it is just difficult to run the installer? This host does have pear installed. I just wanted to install a newer version with some extra packages. Following your advise I have created a similar directory structure in Mac OS X, installed pear in it and uploaded the resulting files and directories. I have not tested this yet, should I expect any problems with it? > However, before you try this, perhaps try to make the temporary > directory yourself, as I think there may be restrictions in safe mode on > making directories (not an expert though) I had already tried that but it made no difference. Thanks, for your response, Steven