Specifying an install directory

[Eric Soli]

Hi Paul
   
  I tried the instructions in the distrbution, but the 'make' command failed. I'll be poring over this: http://www.cs.utah.edu/dept/old/texinfo/make/make_toc.html  & the man pages for a while.
   
  Does pear run well from /opt/local? I am trying to build a *AMP stack. (DAMP for Darwin?) It just looks like less re-configuring if it runs from the same directory as php.

paul beard <paulbeard at gmail.com> wrote:
  

  On Feb 10, 2008 8:39 PM, Eric Soli <eric_soli at yahoo.com> wrote:
  I am attempting to install pear-base into /usr/bin
instead of /opt/local/bin. My best understanding from
the man page is that I should use:

bash$ sudo port -D /usr/bin install pear-base

but it still ends up in /opt/local. Is there a way
plant this pear tree next to /usr/bin/php?

  

You don't say why you want to do this or why the source tarball/distribution doesn't work for you. It looks, from reading the INSTALL file, that it is best installed by and within the php process.   

    Unix
  ====
  make sure you have enabled default extensions, and if you want faster
  downloads, enable the zlib extension.  You must also enable the CLI
  SAPI with the --enable-cli extension directive.  After this, simply run:
  
  make install-pear
  
  and PEAR will be automatically configured for you.
  
  go-pear
  =======
  For users who cannot perform the above steps, or who wish to obtain the
  latest PEAR with a slightly higher risk of failure, use go-pear.  go-pear
  is obtained by downloading http://go-pear.org and saving it as go-pear.php.
  After downloading, simply run "php go-pear.php" or open it in a web browser
  (windows only) to download and install PEAR.
  

  Seems like you could use the system php to perform the second operation. 
  -- 
Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/
<paulbeard at gmail.com/paulbeard at gmail.com> 



       
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