pecl.php.net install

gistfile1.txt

# install some PEAR dependencies
pear install Html_Form Net_Url Net_URL2-beta Pager HTML_Table HTTP HTML_TreeMenu DB

# check out the code
svn co https://svn.php.net/repository/web/pecl/trunk pecl.php.net

# create and configure the vhost 

# add the following line to the sql/data.php
# require_once "../include/pear-prepend.php";
# rename the error_handler function and the reference to it something else (the prepend file includes a file which also defines a function with this name)

cd pecl.php.net/sql
make create
# type the password for your root mysql user

# you should be done
# optionally change the error reporting level in the pear-prepend.php to ignore the notice and deprecated messages