[horde] Installing horde without access to pear/php cli

[Vilius Šumskas]

> Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> writes:
> 
> > Please keep discussions on the list.
> >
> > Zitat von Johan Sandblom <js at ndblom.se>:
> >
> >> Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> writes:
> >>
> >>> Zitat von Johan Sandblom <js at ndblom.se>:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi. I am attempting to install horde on a webhost where SSH access is
> >>>> granted, but curiously PHP CLI access is not. Getting pear to install
> >>>> was possible with some editing of files suggested by the PEAR mailing
> >>>> list. After that, installing horde/horde-role in the PEAR web interface
> >>>> was easy. However, the next step, running the post-install script
> >>>>
> >>>> pear/PEAR/PEAR/Installer/Role/Horde/Role.php
> >>>>
> >>>> is impossible without access to PHP on the command line. Looking at
> the
> >>>> script it does not look like it does an inordinate amount of work, but
> >>>> it is beyond me to figure out exactly what. Is it possible to edit the
> >>>> appropriate configuration files manually, to achieve what the
> >>>> post-install script does? If so, which are the appropriate files, and
> >>>> what needs to be done?
> >>>
> >>> I don't know which files exactly you need to edit, but what the script
> >>> does is to set the 'horde_dir' configuration variable for the
> >>> pear.horde.org' channel in the 'user' configuration. This should
> >>> theoretically also be possible through the PEAR web interface.
> >>
> >> Yes, setting the directory was possible in the PEAR web
> >> interface. I successfully installed horde/horde in
> >> .../public_html/horde (or at least without error message). However,
> >> pointing my browser to that address yields:
> >>
> >> Warning: require_once(Horde/Autoloader/Default.php)
> >> [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or
> >> directory in
> >> /.../public_html/horde/lib/core.php on
> >> line 47
> >>
> >> Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required
> >> 'Horde/Autoloader/Default.php'
> >>
> (include_path='/storage/content/86/148886/ndblom.se/public_html/horde/
> lib:.:/usr/lib64/php')
> >> in /.../public_html/horde/lib/core.php
> >> on line 47
> >>
> >> Any clues?
> >
> > Your include_path is incorrect. It doesn't point to your PEAR directory.
> >
> > --
> > Jan Schneider
> > The Horde Project
> > http://www.horde.org/
> 
> OK. I see three elements in this path, the first pointing to
> '/.../public_html/horde/lib', the second to '.', and the last to
> '/usr/lib64/php'. I assume the second one should be altered to
> '/.../pear/PEAR'. I tried putting
> 
> php_value include_path
> "/.../public_html/horde/lib:/.../pear/PEAR:/usr/lib64/php"
> 
> in
> 
> /.../public_html/horde/.htaccess
> 
> but with no effect, I get the same
> error message, so this directive is apparently ignored.
> 
> I am not very experienced in this regard. Anything else I can try?

Do not modify current paths, just add a new one. Do not use relative paths. Basically copy full variable from /etc/php.ini then add another ":" character and then full path to your PEAR install.

-- 
   Vilius