Pear install is boring
Yesterday I needed to work a little with PEAR, but as usual I faced the same problem which is the install ! Even that I have downloaded all packages as tgz it doesn't solve the problem, no alpha available.
First I installed the current packages in my php (still using 4.3.9), then installed PEAR packages one after the other. Everytime I got dependencies failed "requires packages XYZ" ... I installed the dependencies, then another message alerts "requires package `Net_Socket' >= 1.0.2", okay : Pear upgrade Net_Socket, then pear install ...
Remind me the days playing with deb packages ! Finally I got it working, but absolutely boring, I would prefer something "pear install-all package1 package2 package 3" ... and it install everything : dependencies, alpha, recommanded packages ...
Everytime I turn in a round then come back to the install problem, I need seriously to finish my PEAR manager. If a developer want to include pear package in his project it will be much more easier to create a portable PEAR package, or an easy way to install those packages everything included !
I'm not reinventing PEAR, I just want to bring it to the public !
