[horde] Could not save horde_dir configuration value to PEAR config (Installing Horde)

[L. D. James]

The machines are mine.  I run an online service and have since the late 
80's.  I used the "#" sign at the bottom to indicate that the commands 
were performed from the root command.

I originally installed Horde on this machine a little over a year ago 
using Ubuntu's repositories.  I had problems and the mailing list gave 
me the Pear steps to perform the installation.  They spoke against using 
the repositories for the install.  So to have support I followed the 
steps provided.

I tried for nearly a month on two machines.  I finally built a special 
machine just for Horde and was able to successfully install it using 
Pear.  Now I'm trying to consolidate some of my services on my main 
server.  So I'm revisiting trying to get Horde operating on this server.

After spending a number of hours, I tried again on a clean Ubuntu 
install, this time in a Virtual Box.  The install went flawlessly.

So I cleaned all of Horde out of my main server, and started again. I 
get the same error.  I tried to uninstall Pear, but it won't without my 
uninstalling many applications of which would take me days to reinstall 
and reconfigure.

Thanks for the input and suggestion.  I'll have to look into the "build 
your own pear config" resolution.

-- L. James

-- 
L. D. James
ljames at apollo3.com
www.apollo3.com/~ljames

On 06/27/2015 03:10 AM, OnkelM wrote:
>
> This usually means you are running pear with lower privileges. Are you 
> root? Do you have installed pear correctly?
>
> If this is not your server or you dont have root access, then you have 
> to build your own pear config and install it to your own new pear 
> location. After that you have to use your new pear binary AND your new 
> pear config to work with it like to channel-discover or run-scripts
>
>
> L. D. James <ljames at apollo3.com <mailto:ljames at apollo3.com>> schrieb 
> am Sa., 27. Juni 2015 01:03:
>
>     I'm having problems installing horde on two servers.  I'm getting the
>     same error on both servers:
>
>     Could not save horde_dir configuration value to PEAR config.
>
>     The OS of the current server I'm trying the install is: Ubuntu 14.04.
>
>     I'm following the install guide in the Horde Docs.
>
>     The following commands work:
>
>     # pear upgrade PEAR
>     # pear channel-discover pear.horde.org <http://pear.horde.org>
>     # pear install horde/horde_role
>
>     On the last command above I get the "could not save horde_dir" error.
>
>     Is there something I can manually edit to enter this directory?
>
>     By the way, I tested the same steps in a Virtual Ubuntu box and the
>     install succeeded.  I've spent hours trying to figure out the
>     difference
>     between the three OS installs.
>
>     Thanks in advance for anyone who has any suggestions or input.
>
>     -- L. James
>
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