How to install PEAR on Mac

Question

I have Mac 10.5.8, trying to install PEAR.

I believe at pear.php.net any version of Mac > 10.4 does not include PEAR in it.

Not sure if this is true or not, but when I go to the terminal and type in

pear -V or which pear or pear config-show

I get nothing- no error or messages. I guess I can assume I don't have pear install?

So then I tried in the terminal app:

$ curl http://pear.php.net/go-pear | php

I get the following error message:

-bash: $: command not found

Can someone give me steps to installing PEAR.

Thank you,

Ken

Answer 1

Try MAMP or Zend Server CE, they both come with PEAR.

Answer 2

At the terminal, you just need to type:

curl http://pear.php.net/go-pear > go-pear.php
sudo php -q go-pear.php

Then you'll have to edit your php.ini and change the value of include_path

I followed this page and it worked correctly.

http://clickontyler.com/blog/2008/01/how-to-install-pear-in-mac-os-x-leopard/