How do I correctly install PHPUnit with PEAR?

Question

I have had to de- and reinstall a newer version of PHPUnit following these directions. Now when I\'m launching this line

sudo pear install --alldeps phpunit/PHPU         


        

Answer 1

sudo pear install -a phpunit
sudo pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de

I had similar problem complaining about "Unknown remote channel: pear.symfony.com". had to do (without sudo, I got weird error about cannot open some file)

sudo pear channel-discover pear.symfony.com

then

sudo pear install phpunit/PHPUnit

Now I can see phpunit in my /usr/bin

Answer 2

First: locate pear you may have multiple versions installed and this could be a pain.

At work we have something like this in our intranet:

sudo [your pear install] channel-update pear.php.net  
sudo [your pear install] upgrade pear  
sudo [your pear install] channel-discover pear.phpunit.de  
sudo [your pear install] install --alldeps phpunit/PHPUnit

I know theres a more automated way to install it using: go-pear ( http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.getting.php )

However, if you already have some other install of pear it will totally wreck everything and you'll spend quite some time trying to fix it. I think the biggest hurdle is being able to tell all the libraries where each other is.