[Bug 1330542] [NEW] php-pear broken in trusty tahr - channel wrapper missing

[David Favor]

Public bug reported:

This bug has been reported on many versions of Ubuntu. I've gone through many fix guides. Nothing works. Here's the problem.
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1) apt-get purge php-pear

2) rm -rf ~/.pearrc /etc/pear.conf /usr/share/php/
/usr/share/doc/php5-common/PEAR (required to purge all things pear)

3) apt-get install php-pear

4) pear list-channels

nap-net1# pear list-channels
Registered Channels:
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Channel      Alias   Summary
doc.php.net  phpdocs PHP Documentation Team
pear.php.net pear    PHP Extension and Application
                     Repository
pecl.php.net pecl    PHP Extension Community Library
__uri        __uri   Pseudo-channel for static packages

nap-net1# pear install foo

Warning: file_exists(): Unable to find the wrapper "channel" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? in PEAR/Downloader/Package.php on line 1518
PHP Warning:  file_exists(): Unable to find the wrapper "channel" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? in /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader/Package.php on line 1518
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() /usr/share/php/pearcmd.php:0
PHP   2. PEAR_Command_Common->run() /usr/share/php/pearcmd.php:305
PHP   3. PEAR_Command_Install->doInstall() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Command/Common.php:271
PHP   4. PEAR_Downloader->download() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Command/Install.php:661
PHP   5. PEAR_Downloader_Package->initialize() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader.php:279
PHP   6. PEAR_Downloader_Package->_fromFile() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader/Package.php:160
PHP   7. file_exists() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader/Package.php:1518

Warning: is_file(): Unable to find the wrapper "channel" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? in PEAR/Downloader/Package.php on line 1528
PHP Warning:  is_file(): Unable to find the wrapper "channel" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? in /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader/Package.php on line 1528
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() /usr/share/php/pearcmd.php:0
PHP   2. PEAR_Command_Common->run() /usr/share/php/pearcmd.php:305
PHP   3. PEAR_Command_Install->doInstall() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Command/Common.php:271
PHP   4. PEAR_Downloader->download() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Command/Install.php:661
PHP   5. PEAR_Downloader_Package->initialize() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader.php:279
PHP   6. PEAR_Downloader_Package->_fromFile() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader/Package.php:160
PHP   7. is_file() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader/Package.php:1528

Warning: is_file(): Unable to find the wrapper "channel" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? in PEAR/Downloader/Package.php on line 1528
PHP Warning:  is_file(): Unable to find the wrapper "channel" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? in /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader/Package.php on line 1528
PHP Stack trace:
PHP   1. {main}() /usr/share/php/pearcmd.php:0
PHP   2. PEAR_Command_Common->run() /usr/share/php/pearcmd.php:305
PHP   3. PEAR_Command_Install->doInstall() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Command/Common.php:271
PHP   4. PEAR_Downloader->download() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Command/Install.php:661
PHP   5. PEAR_Downloader_Package->initialize() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader.php:279
PHP   6. PEAR_Downloader_Package->_fromFile() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader/Package.php:160
PHP   7. is_file() /usr/share/php/PEAR/Downloader/Package.php:1528
No releases available for package "pear.php.net/foo"
install failed

** Affects: php5 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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