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Re: PHP Extension Won't Install [message #174295 is a reply to message #174294]

Tue, 31 May 2011 15:58

Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/31/2011 11:19 AM, Erwin Moller wrote:
> On 5/31/2011 3:45 PM, Don_ wrote:
>> I successfully installed PEAR& PECL on my Windows Apache/XAMPP server. I
>> am trying to install the PECL FPDF extension (for PDF Forms Data Format
>> functions).
>>
>> At my command prompt window, I entered: "pecl list-all" and saw an entry
>> named "pecl/fpdf" which is "PDF Form Data Format functions". So far so
>> good!
>>
>> At my command prompt window, I unsuccessfully tried to install this
>> extension using the following 3 commands.
>>
>> 1. pecl install pecl/fpdf
>> Above resulted in "No release available for package 'pecl.php.net/fpdf'
>> Install failed"
>>
>> 2. pecl install www.php.net/fpdf
>> Above resulted in "Attempting to discover channel www.php.net ... invalid
>> package name... install failed.
>>
>> 3. pecl install pecl.php.net/package/fpdf
>> Above resulted in: "Attempting to discover channel
>> pecl.php.net/package...
>> downloading channel.xml... ... done: 3877bytes.
>> unknown channel ... invalid package name .... install
>> failed."
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong in my attempt to use the PECL
>> command to install the fpdf extension?
>>
>>
>
> Hi Don,
>
> Posting one time is enough. ;-)
>
> Go here:
> http://pecl.php.net/package/fpdf
>
> Then click on the "Download latest".
> It seems it isn't there anymore...
> So that must be why your pecl tool cannot find it either.
>
> Maybe contact one of the maintainers?
>
> Hartmut Holzgraefe <hholzgra(at)php(dot)net>
> Uwe Steinmann <uwe(at)steinmann(dot)cx>
>
> Good luck.
> Erwin Moller
>

You beat me to it, Erwin. Looks like the package has been dropped.

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		PHP Extension Won't Install By: Don_ on Tue, 31 May 2011 13:45
		Re: PHP Extension Won't Install By: Erwin Moller on Tue, 31 May 2011 15:19
		Re: PHP Extension Won't Install By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 31 May 2011 15:58
		Re: PHP Extension Won't Install By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Tue, 31 May 2011 17:05
		Re: PHP Extension Won't Install By: Don_ on Tue, 31 May 2011 17:40
		Re: PHP Extension Won't Install By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Wed, 01 June 2011 07:27
		Re: PHP Extension Won't Install By: Don_ on Wed, 01 June 2011 17:47
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