Download the file at http://go-pear.org/ as go-pear.php and run it as a php script. Don't forget to remove your old PEAR first.
> The requested URL /viewcvs.cgi/pear-core/PEAR.php was not found on this > server.
Are you behind a proxy or corporate firewall? I have a filter at my place of work which rejects tgz files, and had to use a different proxy to get it to work.
> no I'm not behind any firewall or a proxy.
Try finding a verbose mode or some other options in the go-pear script; it worked for me on Windows XP, Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 Server.
> A friend told me that if I want to use sandbox, I can stop using PEAR. Is > that right?
Yes, the sandbox is available as an option, but it's not as upgradeable as the PEAR version. I'd persist with PEAR, personally.
documented on: 05 July 2007, halfer