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Re: PHP Extension Won't Install

From Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: PHP Extension Won't Install
Date 2011-05-31 11:58 -0400
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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@php.net>
> Uwe Steinmann <uwe@steinmann.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 "Don_" <roc524@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-31 09:45 -0400
  Re: PHP Extension Won't Install Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2011-05-31 17:19 +0200
    Re: PHP Extension Won't Install Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-31 11:58 -0400
  Re: PHP Extension Won't Install "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2011-05-31 19:05 +0200
    Re: PHP Extension Won't Install "Don_" <roc524@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-31 13:40 -0400
      Re: PHP Extension Won't Install "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2011-06-01 09:27 +0200
        Re: PHP Extension Won't Install "Don_" <roc524@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-01 13:47 -0400
  ALternative? wkhtmltopdf. WAS: PHP Extension Won't Install Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> - 2011-06-02 10:58 +0200
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