PEAR
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PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository) is an package distribution system for PHP. Starting with version 2.6.0, the MidCOM framework and the individual MidCOM Components are available as PEAR packages through custom PEAR channels. MidCOM and its Components also list a number of external PEAR packages as dependencies, with HTML_Quickform (which is used for form rendering by Datamanager 2) being a prominent example.
The information necessary to build PEAR packages for distribution is tracked in the package.xml Array of the respective MidCOM Component Manifest file.
[edit] Installing MidCOM Components from PEAR Packages
Datagard installs MidCOM core components during the installation or the setup of a new database. Further components can be installed with:
pear channel-discover pear.midcom-project.org pear install midcom/package_name
