Error installing PHP PEAR ubuntu 12.04

Question

I have installed PHP PEAR in ubuntu using

sudo apt-get install php-pear

After successfull installation first time.When I try to run it in terminal, it shows error:

The program 'pear' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install php-pear

I again tried to install it. Then it shows that

php-pear is already the newest version.

I have checked many questions on SO. In every question it is mentioned to locate pear etc. But above mentioned error is not solved.

I even tried installing pear many times with sudo and running it. It gives same error.

Please help to sort it out.

Answer 1

Package php-pear in Ubuntu 12.04 only works with PHP <= 5.2

For PHP >= 5.3 use

wget http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar
php go-pear.phar

Answer 2

Just remove PEAR and PHP, then start from the beginning. I hope this solves your problem.