Re: Install on Windows

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:36:29 -0400 "David Botham" <php@botham.net> wrote: > I am pretty new to php/pear and quite sorry this is so long. I > appreciate any help y'all might be able to give me. I can't wait to > do the old forehead slap when you point out my mistake. > PHP 4.3.1 zip package It should work if you always use the C: drive. Can you try php-4.3.2RC2 (http://qa.php.net)? It contains the latest PEAR (1.1) which is not available by using go-pear.php alone. Which windows do you use? > That is to say, I have exploded the zip package into c:\phpbin4.3.x, > and added that directory to my path env var. Nice :) > ** The 'pear' command is not currently in your PATH, so you need to > ** use 'C:\phpbin4.3.x\pear' until you have added > ** 'C:\phpbin4.3.x' to your PATH environment variable. > Run it without parameters to see the available actions, try 'pear > list' to see what packages are installed, or 'pear help' for help. > > For more information about PEAR, see: > > http://pear.php.net/faq.php > > http://cvs.php.net/co.php/pearweb/doc/pear_package_manager.txt?p=1 > http://pear.php.net/manual/ > > Thanks for using go-pear! > > > > * WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES * > For convenience, a REG file is available under > C:\phpbin4.3.x\PEAR_ENV.reg . > This file creates ENV variables for the current user. > I don't know if it is important, but, the php bin directory is on the > path: Weird, it does not find it 'pear.bat', it seems it found an old pear.bat in > C:\>php -help > Error in argument 1, char 5: option not found p > Error in argument 1, char 5: option not found p > Error in argument 1, char 5: option not found p > Usage: php [-q] [-h] [-s [-v] [-i] [-f <file>] > php <file> [args...] > -a Run interactively > -b <address:port>|<port> Bind Path for external FASTCGI Server mode > -C Do not chdir to the script's directory > -c <path>|<file> Look for php.ini file in this directory > -n No php.ini file will be used > -d foo[=bar] Define INI entry foo with value 'bar' > -e Generate extended information for debugger/profiler > -f <file> Parse <file>. Implies `-q' > -h This help > -i PHP information > -l Syntax check only (lint) > -m Show compiled in modules > -q Quiet-mode. Suppress HTTP Header output. > -s Display colour syntax highlighted source. > -v Version number > -w Display source with stripped comments and > whitespace.-z <file> Load Zend extension <file>. > > If pear is there, then it does not run: > > C:\>pear > 'pear' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > I did double clicked the reg entry to add the env vars before I ran > the above commands. > > > Here is the output of a dir command on the php bin directory: > > C:\phpbin4.3.x>dir > Volume in drive C has no label. > Volume Serial Number is DC5E-C469 > > Directory of C:\phpbin4.3.x > > 04/29/2003 04:37 PM <DIR> . > 04/29/2003 04:37 PM <DIR> .. > 04/29/2003 04:37 PM 9,675 .tmppear .tmppear must have been removed by go-pear, I'll try to fix. > 04/29/2003 04:37 PM <DIR> pear > 04/29/2003 04:37 PM 1,262 pear.bat_old > I know this has been really long, but, I contribute to the DNS and > BIND mailing list quite a bit and get annoyed with people who think > mind reading is a common trait among people in the computer industry. > I thought completeness might be helpful... It is helpful :) A good test is to use the RC2, many bugfixes were done in PEAR itself and not in the setup script. pierre