urpmi and php-pear

Huppybanny · 10-17-2005, 11:48 AM

I am attempting to install pear for PHP on a Mandrake 10.1 machine. I initially tried downloading an .rpm file and installing it with rpm, but it reported dependencies. After googling, I heard about urmpi, and I thought it sounded like just what I needed.

First I tried:

urpmi php-pear

but I was asked to insert a CD-ROM. I don't have physical access to the machine in question, so I added the "anorien" mirror at Warwick to my list of media and used:

urpmi --media main php-pear

and it seemed to work. However, typing in "pear" doesn't work, and "urpmq -l php-pear" reports lots of files, none of which are actually present on the hard disk.

The bit which really confuses me is the following:

# urpmi php-pear
Everything already installed
# urpmi --media main php-pear
Everything already installed
# rpm -ql php-pear
package php-pear is not installed

So urpmi thinks it's installed, but rpm doesn't (and neither do I).

Any ideas?

huppybanny

tkedwards · 10-17-2005, 09:13 PM

Post the output of

Quote:

rpm -qa | grep -i pear

Also goto http://easyurpmi.zarb.org and get mirrors for all the repos if you haven't already.

Huppybanny · 10-18-2005, 03:40 AM

Thanks for your reply.

rpm -qa | grep -i pear produces no output.

huppybanny

tkedwards · 10-18-2005, 04:14 AM

Its not installed then. Now post

Code:

urpmq php-pear

and

Code:

urpmq --sources php-pear

Huppybanny · 10-18-2005, 04:21 AM

I get:

Quote:

[root@brauer v3]# urpmq php-pear
php-pear|php-pear|php-pear
[root@brauer v3]# urpmq --sources php-pear
removable://mnt/cdrom/media/main5/php-pear-4.3.8-1mdk.noarch.rpm
(warwick url)/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/main/php-pear-4.3.8-1mdk.noarch.rpm
(sunsite url)/package/mandrakelinux/official/10.1/i586/media/main/php-pear-4.3.8-1mdk.noarch.rpm

(where I have stripped out the URLs so I can actually post it!)

Thanks

huppybanny

tkedwards · 10-18-2005, 06:53 PM

If there a reason you have 2 main mirrors setup? maybe that's what's confusing it.

Try installing it with verbose output:

Code:

urpmi -v php-pear

and post what errors/output you get.

Try disabling one of those mirrors in Mandrake Control Centre->Software->"software sources..." and see if that helps

Huppybanny · 10-19-2005, 03:14 AM

Thanks for continuing to help me, I appreciate it greatly.

I don't think the two mirrors can be the problem, because I only added the second one yesterday, and I was experiencing the problem when urpmi only knew about the Warwick mirror. The Mandrake Control Centre (drakconf) does not have Software as one of the options (I only have: Auto install/Boat loader/Display/Firewall/Internet connection/Keyboard/Mouse/Network & Internet/Partitions/Services/Users and groups).

Quote:

[root@brauer /]# urpmi -v php-pear
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 3 (cdrom3).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Supplementary Applications CD 5 (cdrom8).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Supplementary Applications CD 4 (cdrom7).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.main.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (cdrom2).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 3 (cdrom6).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.londonmain.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Commercial Applications CD 6 (cdrom10).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Commercial Applications CD 6 (cdrom9).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (cdrom1).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.londonupdates.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 3 (cdrom5).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.londoncontrib.cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 3 (cdrom4).cz]
Everything already installed

tkedwards · 10-19-2005, 04:38 AM

Its strange that you don't have a software section in your Mandrake Control Centre. Maybe try installing rpmdrake

Code:

urpmi -v rpmdrake

Edit the /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg file as root and disable the CD sources by adding 'ignore' (no quotes, on its own line) inside the { } for each of those sources. See if it works now.

As a last resort you can just insert your install CD and use

Code:

rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/media/main/php-pear...

Huppybanny · 10-19-2005, 06:43 AM

urpmi -v rpmdrake claims "Everything already installed".
Adding ignore to the CD-ROMs still gives the same message.
I don't have physical access to the machine in question (as it's sitting in a different city), so installing via CD-ROM is not really an option.

Thanks for your help. I have worked around the problem simply by bypassing the package manager(s) completely and just putting the PEAR files where they can be accessed by my PHP scripts. This seems to work, although is far from ideal.

huppybanny

reddazz · 10-19-2005, 08:15 AM

You could have simply forced the php-pear rpm to install manually using rpm e.g.

Code:

#rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps rpmname.rpm