Recipe 21.3 Finding PEAR Packages
21.3.1 Problem
You want a listing of PEAR packages.
From this list you want to learn more about each package and decide
if you want to install the package.
21.3.2 Solution
Browse packages at
http://pear.php.net/packages.php or search for
packages at
http://pear.php.net/package-search.php. Use
pear 's
remote-list command to get listing of PEAR
packages or the search command to search for packages.
21.3.3 Discussion
There are a few ways to review PEAR's packages.
First, to browse the listings in a directory-style fashion, go to
http://pear.php.net/packages.php. From there you
can burrow into each individual PEAR category.
Alternatively, you can search through the listings at
http://pear.php.net/package-search.php. The
search page allows you to search by package name, author, category,
and release date.
You can ask the PEAR package manager to provide you with a listing
using the remote-list command:
% pear remote-list
Available packages:
= == == == == == == == == ==
+----------------------+---------+
| Package | Version |
| Archive_Tar | 0.9 |
| Auth | 1.0.2 |
...
| XML_Transformer | 0.3 |
| XML_Tree | 1.1 |
+----------------------+---------+
The short form of remote-list is
rl.
To search for package names from the command line, use the
search command:
% pear search auth
Matched packages:
= == == == == == == == ==
+-----------+--------+-------+------------------------------------+
| Package | Latest | Local | |
| Auth | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | Creating an authentication system. |
| Auth_HTTP | 1.0.1 | 1.0.1 | HTTP authentication for PHP |
+-----------+--------+-------+------------------------------------+
This does a case-insensitive search of package names and returns the
package name, the latest version number, the version you have
installed (if any), and a short description about the package.
21.3.4 See Also
Recipe 21.4 to find out more information
about a package.
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