Re: Pear Package Manager Install Fails on Mandrake 9.0

Hello, * Richard A. Milewski <ram@rampage.net> [03-03-23 16:28]: > I'm running a Mandrake 9.0 installation. When I attempt to install the > package manager, it fails with the message: > > 'xml' PHP extension is not installed > > Presumably this is some xml extension other than either the XML Parser that > the package manager itself it attempting to install at the time or the > "built in" xml extension referred to in the XML Parser documentation. If your URPMI sources are well configured, as root, type : urpmi php_xml This will install XML support for PHP. PHP has been "modularized" in Mandrake so you have to install shared library for the additional functionalities. (* In that case, you need /usr/lib/php/extensions/xml.so I don't have a 9.0 handy (8.2 or 9.1) system but I end up installing other RPMs in order to have a comfortable PHP installation : php-mysql (mysql support) php-xmlrpc php-cli (command line interfacce) php-readline etc. If the urpmi command failed, please consult easy urpmi : http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php And select the sources you want so that you can install all the required packages and try again. pear is also avalaible as a Mandrake package called php-pear Ben > How does one go about adding it to a PHP 4.2.3 production installation > (i.e. recompiling is not an option) running on Mandrake 9.0? Well, the easiest solution is to use the SRPMs and recompile them. Another solution is to wait for the 9.1 version and upgrade you system for php and apache ( rpm -qa | grep php php-imap-4.3.0-3mdk libphp_common430-430-11mdk php-cli-4.3.1-11mdk php-readline-4.3.0-1mdk php-mysql-4.3.0-2mdk php-gd-4.3.0-2mdk php-ini-4.3.0-1mdk php-xml-4.3.0-2mdk php-xmlrpc-4.3.0-2mdk apache2-mod_php-2.0.44_4.3.1-2mdk php-ldap-4.3.0-3mdk ) -- Benoit des Ligneris Etudiant au Doctorat -- Ph. D. Student Web : http://benoit.des.ligneris.net/ Mydynaweb Developpe(u)r: http://mydynaweb.net/ Centre de Calcul Scientifique http://ccs.USherbrooke.ca/ OSCAR Symposium-May 11-14 http://oscar2003.ccs.USherbrooke.ca/