pear

Install a package

$ pear install [package]

$ pear upgrade [package]

$ pear list

$ pear search [keyword]

$ pear uninstall [package]

pear [options] command [command-options] args

pear is the PHP Extension and Application Repository manager. It installs, upgrades, and manages PHP packages and extensions, predating Composer as PHP's primary package manager.

install

Install packages.

Upgrade packages.

Remove packages.

List installed packages.

Search for packages.

Package information.

Add new channel.

pear install Mail

pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de
pear install phpunit/PHPUnit

pear list-upgrades

pear info DB

$
# CHANNELS

pear channel-discover pear.example.com

pear list-channels

$
# CAVEATS

Being superseded by Composer for most use cases. Still used for PHP extensions. Requires root for system-wide installs.

# HISTORY

PEAR was started in 1999 by **Stig Bakken** as part of the PHP project to provide a standard package system.

# SEE ALSO

pecl(1), composer(1), php(1)