Re: Installing PEAR in Windows

Why not have the base PEAR as a .zip or .tgz and update the PEAR manual to include instructions on how to manually install packages. Manual installation of packages is pretty trivial. This would allow one to simply peruse http://pear.php.net/packages.php and download the onces they want. --Tony On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Klaus Guenther wrote: > I suppose it would be possible to have a site where you can select the > packages you want and create a custom zip package each time you want to > download something... > > Klaus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon Wood" <jon@jellybob.co.uk> > To: "Alan McFarlane" <mcfarlane_alan@lycos.co.uk> > Cc: <pear-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 8:18 PM > Subject: Re: [PEAR] Installing PEAR in Windows > > > > On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 19:12, Alan McFarlane wrote: > > > Yes I know this is topic that has seen frequent discussion, however I do > > > think it is about time that somebody would create a single .zip file > > > containing the complete PEAR installation. > > > > > The problem with that is that PEAR isn't something that can be packaged > > as a "complete" installation, since it's designed to install individual > > packages. > > > > Jon > > > This is something that could be done on a weekly or even nightly basis > by > > > the PEAR server, and would help us poor Windows users out tremendously. > > > > > > -- > > > Alan McFarlane > > > CEO On-Line Technology > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- Tony Bibbs "I guess you have to remember that those who don't tony@tonybibbs.com hunt or fish often see those of us who do as harmlessly strange and sort of amusing. When you think about it, that might be a fair assessment." --Unknown