21.3.1 Problem
You want a
listing of PEAR packages. From this list you want to learn more about each
package and decide if you want to install the package.
21.3.2 Solution
Browse packages at http://pear.php.net/packages.php or search for packages at http://pear.php.net/package-search.php. Use pear 's remote-list command to get listing of PEAR
packages or the search command to search for
packages.
21.3.3 Discussion
There are a few ways to review PEAR's packages. First, to
browse the listings in a directory-style fashion, go to http://pear.php.net/packages.php. From there you can burrow
into each individual PEAR category.
Alternatively, you can search through the listings at http://pear.php.net/package-search.php. The search page allows
you to search by package name, author, category, and release date.
You can ask the PEAR package manager to provide you with a
listing using the remote-list command:
% pear remote-list Available packages: = == == == == == == == == == +----------------------+---------+ | Package | Version | | Archive_Tar | 0.9 | | Auth | 1.0.2 | ... | XML_Transformer | 0.3 | | XML_Tree | 1.1 | +----------------------+---------+
The short form of remote-list is rl.
To search for package names from the command line, use the
search command:
% pear search auth Matched packages: = == == == == == == == == +-----------+--------+-------+------------------------------------+ | Package | Latest | Local | | | Auth | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | Creating an authentication system. | | Auth_HTTP | 1.0.1 | 1.0.1 | HTTP authentication for PHP | +-----------+--------+-------+------------------------------------+
This does a case-insensitive search of package names and
returns the package name, the latest version number, the version you have
installed (if any), and a short description about the package.
