Comment 2 for bug 420639

Pear + Pecl Channel issue:
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Steps to reproduce:

1) sudo apt-get install php-pear
2) sudo pear install {any package}

result:
pear.php.net is using a unsupported protocal - This should never happen.
install failed

Work around:

1) sudo rm -R /usr/share/php/.channels
2) sudo pear update-channels

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Broken Symlink issue:
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Steps to reproduce:

1) cd /usr/share/php/
2) ls -al

Result:
Symlink Doc is broken

Work around:
1) sudo rm /usr/share/php/doc
2) sudo ln -s /usr/share/doc/php-pear /usr/share/php/doc