installing rar package

[Guest]

I'm trying to install the rar package. I checked php.net's installation docs and it just said to execute pecl -v install rar

 

i did it and rebooted server but its still not working. i'm very noob with the linux stuff so maybe did i do something wrong ?

 

i'm trying to execute this script, i found it on php.net docs so it should be working:

 

        $rar_arch = RarArchive::open('dl/test.rar');
        if ($rar_arch === FALSE)
            die("Could not open RAR archive.");

        $rar_entries = $rar_arch->getEntries();
        if ($rar_entries === FALSE)
            die("Could retrieve entries.");

        echo "Found " . count($rar_entries) . " entries.\n";

        foreach ($rar_entries as $e) {
            echo $e;
            echo "\n";
        }
        $rar_arch->close();

 

how can i check if rar package was successfully installed ?

 

[kicken]

There should be something in the output of phpinfo showing it installed. You may need to edit the php.ini file to load the extension.

[Guest]

No, nothing in phpinfo about that

 

what do i need to add to php.ini and what is the ssh command to do it ?

[Guest]

still stuck here... need help

[Guest]

Just tried installing it with pecl again... getting this error:

 

building in /tmp/pear/temp/rar
running: phpize
sh: phpize: command not found
rolling back 388 file operations
ERROR: `phpize' failed
 

[Guest]

Ok i figured out how to install phpize, now this is what i am getting when trying to run "pecl -v install rar"

 

 

checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: in `/var/tmp/pear-build-root/rar-3.0.1':
configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details
rolling back 388 file operations
ERROR: `/tmp/pear/temp/rar/configure' failed
root@ks3272412:~# configure: error: in `/var/tmp/pear-build-root/rar-3.0.1':
 

[trq]

What distro are you using? Have you tried using it's package manager instead?

[Guest]

nvm got it... i had to install C++ compiler first

 

i'm on Debian

[trq]

apt-get update && apt-get install php5-rar

Done.