Installing packages manually

I've had this problem before ... I am installing PEAR::DB manually because the pear script that comes with PEAR does not work on my Win32 system (Win98 SE; the script PEAR.bat acts as if no commandline options are entered, when they are typed correctly). I have the following setup: <? define ("SL_APPL_DIR" , "e:/dir/"); include_once(SL_INCLUDE_DIR . "PEAR/DB.php"); define("SL_DSN","mysql://username:password@localhost/database"); echo "START"; $DB = DB::Connect(SL_DSN, true); echo "END"; ?> When I load a page with just this code, I never see END. No error, nothing. I had this problem before, successfully solved it, moved files around, and wrecked it again. The basic question is, where does PEAR need/require my/its files to be in order to run? -- O.