I couldn't fix it with the work around. Instead I get a longer error message as follow:
/tmp/pear/cache$ pear install validate Warning: lstat(): Lstat failed for /tmp/pear/cache/8e41acf1705ae1850a413b96a869230erest.cacheid in PEAR/REST.php on line 276 PHP Warning: lstat(): Lstat failed for /tmp/pear/cache/8e41acf1705ae1850a413b96a869230erest.cacheid in /usr/share/php/PEAR/REST.php on line 276 PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined method PEAR::raiseErro() in /usr/share/php/PEAR/REST.php on line 165 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to php5 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774452 Title: php-pear: pecl install reports Call to undefined method PEAR::raiseErro() -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs