Install PEAR for php in Linux
It is very easy to install PEAR package for php. It lets you to install many many php extensions easily without compiling the source packages.
If you get
pear – command not found
then it means pear is not installed in your server. To install it just follow the steps below at the command prompt.
Download the installation php file from http://pear.php.net/go-pear.
wget http://pear.php.net/go-pear
Rename to php file
cp go-pear go-pear.php
Run the php script from commandline.
php go-pear.php
and you will see the installation begin. Once the binary is installed, you can install php various extensions using this command.
pear install package
Hope this helps!
