PEAR has a number of configuration options that you can change.
Getting an overview about them is as easy as issuing a
The default settings suffice for novice users, there is rarely a
need to change them when getting started. You can go on with installing packages.
Reading single values is accomplished by using
config-get. The following command will show you where
all the .php files of your installed pear packages reside.
$ pear config-get php_dir
/usr/share/pear |
Changing a value is as easy as retrieving it:
$ pear config-set preferred_state beta
config-set succeeded |
Note : When changing a config setting, it does not immediately get
applied to already installed packages. This is especially true when
changing variables like data_dir. Use $
pear upgrade --force to reinstall all packages in such
cases.
