:
“In terms of functionality, [ the PEAR Package Manager
is ] similar to Perl’s CPAN or Fink for Mac OS X in that using this
command line utility you can browse, install, update, and remove
PHP packages from a central, remote PEAR server to your local
system. Installing, configuring, and using the PEAR Package Manager
on OS X 10.2 is the focus of this article.”