I have PHP5 installed via macports in /opt/local/..the default location for macports. There\'s no portfile for pear. If I do a standard pear install from the pear site what dire
While the curl option works, it won't update as you update your ports. An alternative:
sudo port install php5 +pear
This will install the variant of php5 with pear, in the same location as downloading above, and it will update as you update macports.