Can you manually update PEAR?

[WebHostPro]

Hi,

I have a customer that says they need a newer version of PEAR. Can I update it manually without messing up Easy Apache?

If so would it be done via yum?

Thanks,

 

[24x7server]

Hi,

It is usually bundled with PHP packages. What version of Easyapache you have on your server? EA4 or EA3?

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

PEAR is bundled with PHP in EasyApache 4. EX:

# rpm -qa|grep pear
ea-php56-pear-1.10.1-7.7.16.cpanel.noarch
ea-php70-pear-1.10.1-7.7.19.cpanel.noarch
ea-php55-pear-1.10.1-7.7.16.cpanel.noarch

Is there anything in-particular about the existing versions that is leading to the request for a newer version?

Thank you.

 

[WebHostPro]

He just said his script needed a newer version. I have the latest cPanel with EA4 updated a couple days ago to see if that would do it.

So the version with EA4 is the latest that is available?

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

PEAR 1.10.1 (with additional cPanel patches) is included with EasyApache 4 for each PHP version. EX:

# rpm -qa|grep pear
ea-php70-pear-1.10.1-7.7.24.cpanel.noarch
ea-php55-pear-1.10.1-7.7.20.cpanel.noarch
ea-php56-pear-1.10.1-7.7.21.cpanel.noarch

# rpm -q --changelog ea-php56-pear-1.10.1-7.7.21.cpanel.noarch
* Thu Mar 23 2017 - 1.10.1-7
- PIG-2903: Enable PECL extensions by default

* Fri Dec 16 2016 - 1.10.1-6
- EA-5493: Added vendor field

* Tue Aug 02 2016 - 1.10.1-5
- EA-4954: Add support for php71 (beta)

* Mon Jun 20 2016  - 1.10.1-4
- EA-4383: Update Release value to OBS-proof versioning

* Wed Jun 15 2016 - 1.10.1-cp3
- Set 'download_dir' to a SCL path instead of using /tmp

* Tue May 31 2016 -  1.10.1-cp2
- Create a symlink to the 'pear' script at /usr/local/bin/pear

* Mon May 16 2016 - 1.10.1-cp1
- Initial implementation of PEAR/PECL for EA4 SCL-PHP package

It seems more likely that it's a specific PEAR module the customer's script may require. Could you check and verify if that's the case?

Thank you.

 

[WebHostPro]

I will, thanks for helping!