Errors are Missing in HTML_QuickForm_Renderer_Tableless 0.4.3

I am trying to use HTML_QuickForm_Renderer_Tableless 0.4.3. When I tried to use pear install to get it, I get errors like this: Warning: xml_parse(): Unable to call handler _pkginfo_cdata_2_0() in Common.php .... many similar lines ... Notice: Undefined index: package in Common.php on line 1122 The following errors where found (use force option to install anyway): missing package name missing summary missing description missing license missing version missing release state missing release date missing release notes no maintainer(s) no files So I copied the HTML/QuickForm/Renderer/Tableless.php file into a relative directory just to see if I could get it to work. And... I can use package and it seems to work okay, I just can't seem to get the {error}s to display. They're not hidden with CSS or anything. The error text doesn't even show up in the code. I know, I know, it's probably because I didn't install the package properly, but I'm not sure how to get it to install properly... I am running PHP 4.3.2 and HTML_Quickform 3.2.7. The HTML_Quickform_Renderer_Tableless download page says that PEAR Installer 1.4.9 or newer is required, but I don't know how to tell which version of the installer I have... ? http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm_Renderer_Tableless/download Can someone help me figure out why the {errors} aren't getting translated or possibly let me know how to check to see which version of the pear installer I have? When I try to run "pear info pear," I get this error: Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /path/to/PEAR/Frontend/CLI.php on line 96 Thanks so much for any help.