pear command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix pear command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

pear: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pear: command not found

In Ubuntu pear is provided by php-pear package.

php-pear is:

The PEAR package contains:

the PEAR installer, for creating, distributing and installing packages
the PEAR_Exception PHP5 error handling mechanism
the PEAR_ErrorStack advanced error handling mechanism
the PEAR_Error error handling mechanism
the OS_Guess class for retrieving info about the OS where PHP is running on
the System class for quick handling of common operations with files and directories
the PEAR base class Features in a nutshell:
full support for channels
pre-download dependency validation
new package.xml 2.0 format allows tremendous flexibility while maintaining BC
support for optional dependency groups and limited support for sub-packaging
robust dependency support
full dependency validation on uninstall
remote install for hosts with only ftp access - no more problems with restricted host installation
full support for mirroring
support for bundling several packages into a single tarball
support for static dependencies on a url-based package
support for custom file roles and installation tasks

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install php-pear

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install php-pear.

sudo apt -y install php-pear

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install php-pear

In this tutorial we learn how to fix pear command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.