Howto install PEAR and Contact_Vcard_Build package
ebrittwebb - February 20, 2007 - 21:31
| Project: | vCard |
| Version: | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Miscellaneous |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed |
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Description
I tried to install Contact_Vcard_Build on my site hosted by DreamHost, and received the following error message:
WARNING: channel "pear.php.net" has updated its protocols, use "channel-update pear.php.net" to update
Cannot install, php_dir for channel "pear.php.net" is not writeable by the current userHow do I resolve this?
Thanks,
Erik

#1
You can always download the tar.gz from http://pear.php.net/package/Contact_Vcard_Build and untar them in your include path.
#2
Appears to be fixed, please reopen if needed.
#3
Error: The PEAR package Contact_Vcard_Build (required by vcard.module) has not been installed properly, please read INSTALL.txt.
There are 2 files in the tar folder: test.php and Contact_Vcard_Build.php. Would I need to edit the module file to include this includes/Contact_Vcard_Build.php file? What are the actual steps to achieving this if no access to PEAR on server build?
Thanks
Drupalgirl
#4
Copy the file Contact_Vcard_Build.php to your include_path.
You may check the current include_path settings with [1].
If you want to install a local copy of pear, you may follow the instructions in Installation of a local PEAR copy on a shared host [2]. That gives you a web based graphical installer.
[1] http://de3.php.net/php_info
[2] http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.shared.php
#5
Please reopen if needed.
#6
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.
#7
Sorry for not responding. I just put it in my vcard folder. Thanks
#8
Hi, i have the same error messages:
I downloaded the file named Contact_Vcard_Build-1.1.1.tar from http://pear.php.net/package/Contact_Vcard_Build.
After i unzipped the file i got 1 single file named Contact_Vcard_Build-1.1.1 (Dont have any extension for this file. I used WinRar to unzip it.)
Now how do I install this to make my vCard module work??
Please advice.
Thanks in advance.
#9
Rename to Contact_Vcard_Build.php and move it to the vcard folder.
#10
Thanks, but after that whats the next step.
When I go to configure vCard i get the following error.:
package.xml100644 765 0 1754 10246105423 6311 Contact_Vcard_Build Build (create) and fetch vCard 2.1 and 3.0 text blocks. Allows you to programmatically create a vCard, version 2.1 or 3.0, and fetch the vCard text. pmjones Paul M. Jones pjones@ciaweb.net lead 1.1.1 2005-05-28 PHP License stable * Fixed bug 2660 "escape() doesn't escape colons" Contact_Vcard_Build-1.1.1/Contact_Vcard_Build.php100755 765 765 172605 10246102473 15156
What should I do now.
Thanks a lot.
#11
It seems your unpacked version is somehow corrupted.
Please try again and
- download the package [1]
- Then untar it [2]
- copy the file Contact_Vcard_Build.php to your vcard folder
[1] http://pear.php.net/package/Contact_Vcard_Build/download
[2] http://drupal.org/node/8592
#12
I copied the file Contact_Vcard_build.php to the vcard /modules/vcard folder but, nothing still shows up under the vcard settings... but no error messages. How do you properly install this module?
#13
Type
pear install Contact_Vcard_Buildon the command line.For more information see PEAR documentation [1].
[1] http://pear.php.net/distributions/manual/pear_manual_en.html.gz#installa...
#14
i've installed pear and contact_vcard_build using the webfrontend installer. Now if i go to config vcard... i still get nothing except for the notice:
"This section is only enabled if the "profiles" module is enabled. When enabled it will provide a dropdown selection box for each defined profile item of type textfield, textarea, or url."
I'm lost here, both profile and vcard modules are activated. Did I miss a step in installing this properly? Btw, im on a shared hosting through dreamhost.
#15
So, did you add some profile fields on ?q=admin/user/profile ?
#16
Thanks that worked! Only problem is that it doesn't integrate well with civicrm's contact info.
#17
#18
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.