Pyrus install error

Question

I am trying to install zend framework 2 using pyrus but i get a strange error on pyrus install : Pyrus\Config\Exception: Unable to parse invalid PEAR configuration at "." Pyrus\Config\Exception: Document is empty Pyrus\Config\Exception: Start tag expected, '<' not found

My config is :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<pearconfig version="1.0">
     <default_channel>pear2.php.net</default_channel>
     <auto_discover>0</auto_discover>
     <http_proxy></http_proxy>
     <cache_dir>~/.pear/cache</cache_dir>
     <temp_dir>~/.pear/temp</temp_dir>
     <verbose>1</verbose>
     <preferred_state>stable</preferred_state>
     <umask>0022</umask>
     <cache_ttl>3600</cache_ttl>
     <my_pear_path>.</my_pear_path>
     <plugins_dir>/home/sebastian/.pear</plugins_dir>
</pearconfig>

Can someone help me figure out what is wrong with this ?

Answer 1

There seems to be a pearconfig.xml in your current directory. Is that the one you posted? If not, simply remove it.

Also try to find out which config it really tries to load, e.g. with strace:

$ strace -f -e trace=open pyrus get

One of the files is the config file it loads, and it's broken.

Answer 2

You don't state your platform but the above error happens with a fresh install on OS X, and maybe other platforms, if you ask for the packages to be installed at your home directory. Ask instead for them to be installed in a subdirectory.

So

/Users/youraccount/pear

rather than

/Users/youraccount

in response to the pyrus install question.

To remove the corrupted configuration:

rm -r ~/.pear*