Re: Installing pear on windows

I've started rewriting go-pear to "100% PHP" which should make it usable on Windows too. Will post here when it's ready for testing. - Stig On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 22:32, Tim Gallagher wrote: > For windows.... you'd better make the .tgz file a .zip file for those of us > who are too lazy to use anything except compressed folders in windows me > and up. > > curious thing though, i am willing to fire up cygwin and command line > gunzip tar-xvf it though. > go figure. > > But best bet for windows people is .zip > > -timmyg > > > At 05:52 PM 6/12/2002 +0100, you wrote: > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >I'd be happy to test stuff and make rude comments... ;-) > > > >...but apart from having couple of hiccups getting started, > >everything works okay for me as it is. :-) > > > >Perhaps providing a .tgz containing the following would help: > > > >(1) All the scripts & the batch file required for the PEAR installer > >(2) the most commonly used packages as .tgz distribution packages > >(3) Some sort of interactive script that sets up PEAR configuration > >and installs the various bundled packages. > > > >I don't know whether this would be exactly the right solution, > >though... > > > >Peter Brett > > > >- ----------- > >peter:AT:peter-b:DOT:co:DOT:uk > >www.peter-b.co.uk > > > >- ----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Stig S. Bakken" <ssb@fast.no> > >To: "Peter TB Brett" <peter@peter-b.co.uk> > >Cc: "Tim Gallagher" <timg@sunflowerroad.com>; > ><pear-general@lists.php.net> > >Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:37 PM > >Subject: Re: [PEAR] Installing pear on windows > > > > > >We clearly need some help making the Windows installation smoother. > >Any > >volunteers? :-) > > > > - Stig > > > >On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 22:16, Peter TB Brett wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > If you don't have PEAR with your PHP, make sure you downloaded the > > > .zip Win32 binary distribution. > > > > > > If you have PHP 4.2.1, there should be a PEAR.bat file - this runs > > > the PEAR installer. You'll probably need to hack the bat file > > > around before it'll work entirely properly. > > > > > > If in doubt, there is a pear.in (or it might just be called pear) > > > file in the pear/scripts directory - the PEAR installer. It's a > > > PHP script, so you can run it with 'PHP -q pear.in' or 'PHP-CLI > > > pear.in'. > > > > > > You'll notice that despite the fact that there are PEAR packages > > > available with the PEAR distribution that comes in the PHP .zip > > > archive, but there are no corresponding PEAR .registry entries. > > > You'll need to install the packages from downloaded archives > > > (http://pear.php.net/packages.php and download .tgz files). > > > > > > If you want to install PEAR-0.11 or later, you'll notice that it > > > requires Console_Getopt-0.11 or later to be installed, but after > > > you install Console_Getopt the PEAR installer stops working > > > completely. This is because the you need to upgrade both packages > > > simultaneously, which is clearly impossible. > > > > > > To work around this, extract PEAR package from the archive it comes > > > in manually and install the files to where they belong, which > > > should get the PEAR installer working properly. Now use the PEAR > > > installer to install the PEAR package properly. You'll need to > > > make sure that the bin_dir PEAR installer configuration variable is > > > set to your > > > pear/scripts directory or the installation will crash and burn. > > > > > > And it took me three days to figure that little lot out. ;-) > > > > > > Peter Brett > > > > > > - ----------- > > > peter:AT:peter-b:DOT:co:DOT:uk > > > www.peter-b.co.uk > > > > > > - ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Tim Gallagher" <timg@sunflowerroad.com> > > > To: <pear-general@lists.php.net> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 6:14 PM > > > Subject: [PEAR] Installing pear on windows > > > > > > > > > > I've searched through the mailing list archive, and have come up > > > > with no tutorial, and no recent question about installing pear > > > > on windows. > > > > > > > > Does anyone have a tutorial or some advice? > > > > > > > > It would be really nice if someone could write something up to > > > > put on the pear.php.net website under the installation section > > > > of the manual. > > > > > > > > -timmyg > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > > > > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use > > > <http://www.pgp.com> > > > > > > iQA/AwUBPQZanhmmzLp5+kKBEQJ8DgCgjZe8YIoJv+LmqKp0shqUse17cbwAoL/k > > > 15CKhmvo7uBaUmy4NPMPzeGz > > > =GFBI > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > > > STANDARD DISCLAIMER > > > > > > > > > E-mail communication is not secure and can easily be forged or > > > tampered with during transmission. 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