Re: [pear-webmaster] Re: Help with installing PEAR
| From: | anatoly techtonik | Date: | Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:46:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [pear-webmaster] Re: Help with installing PEAR | ||
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Hello PHPDiscuss,
>> The best way to use pear on windows is to use the command-line
>> installer. Simply open a DOS box, and run go-pear.bat, which should be
>> in the distribution of PHP that you have. If not, then get the .zip
>> version - not the .msi version - of php.
Also notice, that offline install from 4.3.9 is not possible this way due
to missing PHPUnit-0.6.x in distributive. Don't know about 4.3.10
version.
>> Try getting that kind of support from Microsoft if you want a
>> comparison. Regardless of how much $$$ you give them.
The only difference from MS here is if you will be too active, you can be
blacklisted. =) And support here is not guaranteed by any means. =/
>> As for the .exe installer, that would be great. I unfortunately do not
>> have the cash to buy the tools and the time to learn how to use them.
>> PHP is free and easy to learn.
FYI, MS published windows installer sources on SF. Also there is
freeware NSIS installer from NULLSOFT (winamp team).
t
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