stuck installing a PECL using pear

Please help.. I need to install fileinfo and I'm running into trouble here.. installing fileinfo from pear with the following commands and the attendant unsuccessful results... ------ # pear install fileinfo-beta downloading Fileinfo-0.2.tgz ... Starting to download Fileinfo-0.2.tgz (5,491 bytes) .....done: 5,491 bytes 3 source files, building running: phpize building in /var/tmp/pear-build-root/Fileinfo-0.2 running: /tmp/tmpY1oLQg/Fileinfo-0.2/configure configure: error: cannot find sources (Makefile.in) in /tmp/tmpY1oLQg/Fileinfo-0.2 or .. `/tmp/tmpY1oLQg/Fileinfo-0.2/configure' failed ---------- or -------- # pear -d preferred_state=beta install -a fileinfo downloading Fileinfo-0.2.tgz ... Starting to download Fileinfo-0.2.tgz (5,491 bytes) .....done: 5,491 bytes 3 source files, building running: phpize building in /var/tmp/pear-build-root/Fileinfo-0.2 running: /tmp/tmpxW6qX0/Fileinfo-0.2/configure configure: error: cannot find sources (Makefile.in) in /tmp/tmpxW6qX0/Fileinfo-0.2 or .. `/tmp/tmpxW6qX0/Fileinfo-0.2/configure' failed ------------- or downloading the tgz files for either Fileinfo-0.2 or Fileinfo-0.1 and manually phpizing then running configure ------------- # phpize [root@clancy5 Fileinfo-0.1]# ./configure configure: error: cannot find sources (Makefile.in) in . or .. ------------- so either I'm missing something important or I have something that is broken.. any ideas on where to go from here would be greatly appreciated since I'm on a deadline to get a server(currently on a beta server configured the same) updated to a new version of production software currently running the following php version packages on rh9 with a working pear... I have installed other packages previously so I'm fairly sure I'm not nuts.. just stuck.. php 4.2.2-17 php-devel 4.2.2-17 php-imap 4.2.2-17 php-ldap 4.2.2-17 php-mysql 4.2.2-17 php-odbc 4.2.2-17 # pear config-show Configuration: ============== PEAR executables directory bin_dir /usr/bin PEAR documentation directory doc_dir /usr/share/pear/docs PHP extension directory ext_dir /usr/lib/php4 PEAR directory php_dir /usr/share/pear PEAR Installer cache directory cache_dir /tmp/pear/cache PEAR data directory data_dir /usr/share/pear/data PHP CLI/CGI binary php_bin /usr/bin/php PEAR test directory test_dir /usr/share/pear/tests Cache TimeToLive cache_ttl 3600 Preferred Package State preferred_state stable Unix file mask umask 22 Debug Log Level verbose 1 HTTP Proxy Server Address http_proxy <not set> PEAR server master_server pear.php.net PEAR password (for password <not set> maintainers) Signature Handling Program sig_bin /usr/bin/gpg Signature Key Directory sig_keydir /etc/pearkeys Signature Key Id sig_keyid <not set> Package Signature Type sig_type gpg PEAR username (for username <not set> maintainers) will provide any other info you may need... Kendyl Peebles IT/IS Director & Dept Manager Clancy & Theys Construction Company Raleigh, NC ______________________________________________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise protected by law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ______________________________________________________________________ CTMail powered by qmail and imp