pear install on mamp 3.0.

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I am trying to install PEAR on fresh install of MAMP 3.0. OSX 10.8.5 So far I

1) Changed the directory permissions so I can execute files within them chmod 774 /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.9/bin/pear

2) Setup an alias to avoid typing the whole path. alias mpear="/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.9/bin/pear"

3) I checked whether pear is working by: mpear –V It all seems OK: PEAR Version: 1.9.4 PHP Version: 5.5.9 Zend Engine Version: 2.5.0

4) Next I tried to upgrade pear: mpear channel-update pear.php.net and the response I got on Terminal is channel-add: temp_dir is not writable: "/tmp/pear/install" - You can change this location with "pear config-set temp_dir" So I am stuck there… Can someone help with config-set – what exactly I need to enter into the Terminal.

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phpmamppear
I got so frustrated by this! Never figured out a solution, but it works alright inside of a docker container. - posit labs

2 Answers

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Just use pear's in-built help functionality:

$ pear help config-set
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Have a look at your permissions on the temp folder:

cd /tmp/pear
ls -l

Mine looked like the following:

drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel  136 May  6 14:38 install

So it was as simple as running the command under administrator:

sudo mpear channel-update pear.php.net

It worked for me. Hope this helps!