downloading pear packages

I'm using windows xp. I have installed pear packages on my server by
using the command line, which seems to be the only way to do it.
However, I want to reinstall a packege. If I try, I get a meassage
saying the package is already installed. For example, even if I delete
upload.php, it says http_upload is already installed. Where is it
getting this information about what is installed from ? How do I
reinstall a package?

pete

red wrote:
> I'm using windows xp. I have installed pear packages on my server by
> using the command line, which seems to be the only way to do it.
> However, I want to reinstall a packege. If I try, I get a meassage
> saying the package is already installed. For example, even if I delete
> upload.php, it says http_upload is already installed. Where is it
> getting this information about what is installed from ? How do I
> reinstall a package?
>

Type "pear" at the command line and you will see a list of options.

There are 2 options which are of interest to you:

pear uninstall package_name (to uninstall a package)
pear upgrade package_name (to upgrade a package)


JW

Janwillem Borleffs wrote:
> red wrote:
>
>>I'm using windows xp. I have installed pear packages on my server by
>>using the command line, which seems to be the only way to do it.
>>However, I want to reinstall a packege. If I try, I get a meassage
>>saying the package is already installed. For example, even if I delete
>>upload.php, it says http_upload is already installed. Where is it
>>getting this information about what is installed from ? How do I
>>reinstall a package?
>>
>
>
> Type "pear" at the command line and you will see a list of options.
>
> There are 2 options which are of interest to you:
>
> pear uninstall package_name (to uninstall a package)
> pear upgrade package_name (to upgrade a package)
>
>
> JW
>
>
>
Thanks.