RE: [PEAR] Trying to install PEAR is a Fr3@K!n nightmare

> Fair enough, but like you said, "it is not always the same for > everyone". For some people it would be easier to have individual > packages available to them as archives which they could easily deploy > when the install process does not work for them. I sincerely > doubt that > I am the first to experience problems with this install "process". The tar files are available on pear.php.net. The thing is that it is not as simple as untar the package in a specific directory. This is where the pear installer is useful because it installs the files where they are supposed to be. Added to that you rant a lot but you didn't specify OS/PHP versions, we can help but we need information. From your other mail i gather you are on windows. Using pear package package.xml creates an tar file of the package sources. It is not the command to use to download. Try pear without any arguments to get help. Arnaud.