I am trying to install the pear wiki filter, but I am not understanding this part of the readme instructions:

Use the following command to get the CVS Version of all the required PEAR packages
(which I would recommend at least for the Mediawiki parser):

cvs -d :pserver:cvsread@cvs.php.net:/repository checkout -d Text pear/Text_Wiki/Text

Any help? I think it means to use some sort of command line, which I am unfamiliar. Is there a way to do it without it?

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cwgordon7 commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Fixed

It means to checkout the code using CVS. If you require a GUI, see http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/clients.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Thank you so much. Is there no way to install it without doing all that? The other modules I just ftp them up.

I installed XCode tools, and copied the command into terminal...

cvs -d :pserver:cvsread@cvs.php.net:/repository checkout -d Text pear/Text_Wiki/Text
cvs checkout: warning: failed to open /Users/Addison/.cvspass for reading: No such file or directory
cvs checkout: Updating Text
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/BBCode
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/BBCode/Parse
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/BBCode/Render
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/BBCode/Render/Latex
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/BBCode/Render/Plain
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/BBCode/Render/Xhtml
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Parse
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Parse/BBCode
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Parse/Cowiki
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Parse/Creole
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Parse/Default
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Parse/Doku
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Parse/Mediawiki
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Parse/Pedia
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Parse/Tiki
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Render
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Render/Cowiki
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Render/Creole
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Render/Docbook
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Render/Doku
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Render/Latex
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Render/Plain
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Render/Tiki
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Render/Xhtml
cvs checkout: Updating Text/Wiki/Rule

Now what do I do?

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cwgordon7 commented

Move the package you want into your pearwiki filter module directory. There are instructions in the README.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

I know, I am sure this is really simple...I'm just unsure what to do. I am on mac and just typed that command in terminal. I have no idea where the package is stored.

Where does it put the package?

Thanks so much in advance for your help.

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cwgordon7 commented

It puts the package wherever the current active directory was when you check it out.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.

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citronica commented

At the risk of reinforcing some stereotypes, I'll confess that I needed my programmer husband to walk me through this, but here's what I did, in excruciating detail:

  1. Download the PEAR Wiki Filter module for Drupal, if you haven't already done so.
  2. Uncompress pearwiki_filter-[...].tar.gz
  3. Use a command prompt to cd into the pearwiki_filter directory (I used the Mac OS Terminal.app). If your host gives you access to CVS commands, you can do this in your SSH terminal.
  4. From inside the pearwiki_filter directory, type the following command: cvs -d :pserver:cvsread@cvs.php.net:/repository checkout -d Text pear/Text_Wiki/Text -- that will download all the required PEAR packages into the "Text" directory.
  5. Now cd up a level so you can compress the pearwiki_filter directory for upload: cd ../
  6. Compress the directory: tar cf - pearwiki_filter | gzip > pearwiki.tar.gz
  7. Upload pearwiki.tar.gz to your sites/all/modules directory.
  8. Extract, and install the filter.
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nirvanajyothi commented

@heartsutra -Thank you!