php pecl install mac os x 10.6

Question

Does anyone know how to install pecl for mac os x 10.6. I have tried googling with no luck.

Answer 1

PECL should ship with PHP on OSX 10.6. If not, it may be a part if the development libraries packaged with OSX's install disc. You can identify if it's installed by typing the following in your Terminal.app (should return a path).

which pecl

If your unable to find PECL

Sometimes it's easier to re-install PHP. Look into macports, or homebrew. Both package managers ship the latest PHP5 (including PECL).

Verify PECL is working

Updated your local database with the latest packages, and install a simple package (like bbcode.)

sudo pecl channel-update pecl.php.net
sudo pecl install bbcode

Install a PECL package without PECL

This is hit-n-miss depending on the package. To install a PECL package manully, you would follow the traditional ./configure, make, and make install process.

# Download the package
curl -O http://pecl.php.net/get/bbcode-1.0.3b1.tgz
# Extract archive
tar zvxf bbcode-1.0.3b1.tgz
# Change directory
cd bbcode-1.0.3b1
# Apply local php settings
phpize
# Run configuration script
./configure
# Compile
make
# Verify build
make test
# Install on system
sudo make install

Answer 2

The most straight forward method if you don't want to go through brew is install directly from the pear website.

$ curl -O https://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar $ php -d detect_unicode=0 go-pear.phar

for more configurations see the pear website