Install problem with go-pear on a shared host

[Jan Holland]

I am trying to install pear on a shared server/host
following the instructions from:
<http://uk.builder.com/architecture/web/0,39026570,2028 3197,00.htm>

So I made a subdir on my site like:

http://www.urlname.urlextension/pear/

to install the pear into by running
go-pear.php fromthat subdir "pear"


But I got:
<kwoot>
Error
mkdir failed: /www/htdocs/urlname/pear/bin

Unable to create Binaries directory /www/htdocs/urlname/pear/bin.
Run this script as root or pick another location.
</kwoot>

My hostprovider tells me that
he doesnt want those foreign bin directory outside my root.

Anyone any idea how to tackle this problem on a shared host/server ?

Does anyone know a provider that can handle this problem?

I am not very interested in big memories/dataflows but
more in possibilities to program ...

TIA


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[Alvaro G. Vicario]

Re: Install problem with go-pear on a shared host

*** Jan Holland escribió/wrote (Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:51:40 +0100):[color=blue]
> Unable to create Binaries directory /www/htdocs/urlname/pear/bin.
> Run this script as root or pick another location.[/color]

Change pear folder permissions so web server user can write to it. You can
use an FTP client (it's often called CHMOD).


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[Jan Holland]

Re: Install problem with go-pear on a shared host

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:57:14 +0100, "Alvaro G. Vicario"
<kAlvaroNOSPAMT HANKS@terra.es> wrote:
[color=blue]
>*** Jan Holland escribió/wrote (Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:51:40 +0100):[color=green]
>> Unable to create Binaries directory /www/htdocs/urlname/pear/bin.
>> Run this script as root or pick another location.[/color]
>
>Change pear folder permissions so web server user can write to it. You can
>use an FTP client (it's often called CHMOD).[/color]

I did do that but not enough.

After I gave owner _and_ other _all_ privileges
it worked ....

Thx for your comment !
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[Jan Holland]

Re: Install problem with go-pear on a shared host

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:20:41 +0100, Jan Holland <geen@spam.nl > wrote:
[color=blue]
>On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:57:14 +0100, "Alvaro G. Vicario"
><kAlvaroNOSPAM THANKS@terra.es > wrote:
>[color=green]
>>*** Jan Holland escribió/wrote (Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:51:40 +0100):[color=darkred]
>>> Unable to create Binaries directory /www/htdocs/urlname/pear/bin.
>>> Run this script as root or pick another location.[/color]
>>
>>Change pear folder permissions so web server user can write to it. You can
>>use an FTP client (it's often called CHMOD).[/color]
>
>I did do that but not enough.
>
>After I gave owner _and_ other _all_ privileges
>it worked ....
>
>Thx for your comment ![/color]

After that I got a new problem that
my provider forbids me to use that directory
(message of system forgotten ....:-(

So I come back to my original message/question:

Who knows a host where I can use
an existing PHP (4.x?) install _with_ pear ?

I looked for installing pear on my own computer,
but I understand that I should have PHP on my own computer which
demands that I run a server .....

Because of historical reasons I use Windows at home but
I dont want to get too deap in that Msoft stuff.

So I feel I need to go to a LAMP combination
only to use PEAR.....

I hope there are some practical outroads out of this conclusion ?

Can anyone suggest something ?


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