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

[Johan Sandblom]

Vilius Šumskas <vilius at lnk.lt> writes:

>> 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

I did. The '/.../' is just my way of deidentifying for the mailing
list. Any edits I try to make to the path using horde/.htaccess are
ignored. Can this be altered somehow within horde? Preferably without
altering all .php files ...

Johan

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Johan Sandblom

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