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Fixing ‘Unsupported Protocol’ Error with PECL

After installing PHP 5.2.10, I wanted to setup a few additional modules using PECL. I found soon after that I was unable to do so because of the following error:

pear.php.net is using a unsupported protocal – This should never happen. install failed

The problem seems to exhibit itself in corrupted PEAR installations with PHP 5.2.9 and 5.2.10. To fix this, we’ll update the channels:

$ mv /usr/local/lib/php/.channels /usr/local/lib/php/.channels.bak

$ pear update-channels

After that, you should be good to go.