21.2. Finding PEAR Packages
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.
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.
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. | | ...
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