PHPUnit , PEAR upgrading Errors

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Note : I've read all questions about this problem

PEAR is installed and configured on my system (Ubuntu 11.10 + Apache/2.2.20). Because

<?php
require_once 'System.php';
var_dump(class_exists('System', false));
?>

Returning this :

bool(true)

(PEAR Manual : Checking if PEAR works Step 4)

When i tried to use phpunit i'm getting this error.

PHP Warning:  require_once(PHP/CodeCoverage/Filter.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/bin/phpunit on line 38
PHP Fatal error:  require_once(): Failed opening required 'PHP/CodeCoverage/Filter.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /usr/bin/phpunit on line 38

After this error i've decided to install it

sudo /usr/bin/pear install phpunit/PHP_CodeCoverage

But i'm getting 

phpunit/PHP_CodeCoverage requires PEAR Installer (version >= 1.9.4), installed version is 1.9.2

I'm getting this error when upgrading PEAR with sudo pear upgrade

PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined method PEAR_Registry::packageinfo() in /usr/share/php/PEAR/Dependency2.php on line 687

I'm not sure what is the problem ?

ADDITIONAL

(command : result)

/usr/bin/pear config-get php_dir : /usr/share/php

Configuration File (php.ini) Path (on phpinfo();) : /etc/php5/apache2

php -c /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini -r 'echo get_include_path()."\n";' : .:/usr/share/php

pear upgrade pear : PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined method PEAR_Registry::packageinfo() in /usr/share/php/PEAR/Dependency2.php on line 687

PEAR Version : 1.9.2 and php-pear package installed.

Best Answer

PEAR 1.9.2 is outdated and broken beyond any hope of repair with newer pear server infrastructure.

I have no clue why distributions still insist on something that is just broken :)

Install a new pear via go-pear.phar and make sure you have pear version 1.9.4 and then force pear to ignore it's old cache files using

sudo pear install --force --alldeps phpunit/phpunit

Getting rid of the old pear:

sudo apt-get purge php5-pear

Now

which pear

should result in the command not being found. If it is still there delete the binary and the associated php classes in /usr/share/php.

From your console history I'd say you didn't install the new pear with sudo rights so it landed in /home/ or in /usr/local/ instead of in the default system location.

It shouldn't matter as long as you

  • Get rid of the old pear
  • Change your php.ini include_path to the new pear install location
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