Ok, I am sorry for such a dumb question but installing PEAR appears to be not possible in some case. I have a look at PEAR website following readme.txt instructions and I can not install pear in an easy way with hoster I am working for. Furthermore this is a huge work which can lead to many problems.

So is there an easy way for you to avoid PEAR use and if the answer is yes do you have a milestone in your roadmap for such work ?

Regards

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geek-merlin
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ronan commented
Status: Active » Fixed

The PEAR code is necessary, but you don't need to do a traditional PEAR install. Just follow the instructions from line 45 on in the README.txt:

  or you can simply download the PEAR package at
    http://download.pear.php.net/package/PEAR-1.8.1.tgz
  Expand this archive and copy PEAR.php and PEAR5.php into the
    includes/
  directory of this module. Once you have installed PEAR, you can follow the 
  instructions in option 2 above.

You basically just need to download 2 files and put them in the 'includes' directory of this module.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

OK !

Got to have a look in the next days !

Thank you !

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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IamOnStage commented

So we just need to copy the 3 files into the includes directory: ?
Tar.php
PEAR.php
PEAR5.php

Could these be included in the module install to make it easier for people?

I would just add that the text in the readme.txt "Once you have installed PEAR" is a little confusing as it suggests that you need to install the files once copied. It could read "just copy files, no install required."

Hope this helps

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ronan commented

Could these be included in the module install to make it easier for people?

No, Drupal's repository rules explicitly disallow this, I'm afraid.