Re: Problem installing PEAR on a shared host

> Geoff Soper wrote: >> I'm trying to install a local copy of PEAR on a shared host (I can't add >> packages to the central copy) and have tried the instructions at >> http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.shared.php . The >> following is >> what I get: >> >> >> bash-2.05a$ pear -s -c ~/.pearrc -d doc_dir=~/pear/docs -d >> ext_dir=~/pear/ext -d php_dir=~/pear/lib -d data_dir=~/pear/data -d >> test_dir=~/pear/tests -d cache_dir=~/pear/cache -d bin_dir=~/pear/bin >> pear: unknown config file type `userdefined' >> bash-2.05a$ >> >> Any suggestions as to what is going wrong? > > That is really weird. Just when you think you've seen everything :) > > If you don't figure out the problem sooner, I would suggest waiting > until PEAR 1.4.0a1 is out, and then use pear config-create on your local > computer to set up your config file and then upload it to the host. > > $ pear config-create /home/username/pear config.ini > > then upload config.ini to ~/.pearrc and you'll be in business. I'm not keen on waiting for a new version of PEAR, my webhosts aren't the quickest at installing new stuff on their servers. Can anyone tell me what this message actually means and what I may do by way of further diagnosis or remedy? Cheers, Geoff