php 5.2.10 pecl problem: pear.php.net is using a unsupported protocal - This should never happen. install failed

A known issue with php 5.2.10 is the fact that it does not have the pecl channel installed. to install it create the following files:

vi /usr/local/lib/php/.channels/pear.php.net.reg #(you may have to create the channels directory)

paste the following in:

a:6:{s:7:"attribs";a:4:{s:7:"version";s:3:"1.0";s:5:"xmlns";s:31:"http://pear.php.net/channel-1.0";s:9:"xmlns:xsi";s:41:"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";s:18:"xsi:schemaLocation";s:71:"http://pear.php.net/channel-1.0 http://pear.php.net/dtd/channel-1.0.xsd";}s:4:"name";s:12:"pear.php.net";s:14:"suggestedalias";s:4:"pear";s:7:"summary";s:40:"PHP Extension and Application Repository";s:7:"servers";a:2:{s:7:"primary";a:1:{s:4:"rest";a:1:{s:7:"baseurl";a:4:{i:0;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.0";}s:8:"_content";s:25:"http://pear.php.net/rest/";}i:1;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.1";}s:8:"_content";s:25:"http://pear.php.net/rest/";}i:2;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.2";}s:8:"_content";s:25:"http://pear.php.net/rest/";}i:3;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.3";}s:8:"_content";s:25:"http://pear.php.net/rest/";}}}}s:6:"mirror";a:2:{i:0;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"host";s:15:"us.pear.php.net";}s:4:"rest";a:1:{s:7:"baseurl";a:4:{i:0;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.0";}s:8:"_content";s:28:"http://us.pear.php.net/rest/";}i:1;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.1";}s:8:"_content";s:28:"http://us.pear.php.net/rest/";}i:2;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.2";}s:8:"_content";s:28:"http://us.pear.php.net/rest/";}i:3;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.3";}s:8:"_content";s:28:"http://us.pear.php.net/rest/";}}}}i:1;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:3:{s:4:"host";s:15:"de.pear.php.net";s:3:"ssl";s:3:"yes";s:4:"port";s:4:"3452";}s:4:"rest";a:1:{s:7:"baseurl";a:4:{i:0;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.0";}s:8:"_content";s:34:"https://de.pear.php.net:3452/rest/";}i:1;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.1";}s:8:"_content";s:34:"https://de.pear.php.net:3452/rest/";}i:2;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.2";}s:8:"_content";s:34:"https://de.pear.php.net:3452/rest/";}i:3;a:2:{s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:7:"REST1.3";}s:8:"_content";s:34:"https://de.pear.php.net:3452/rest/";}}}}}}s:13:"_lastmodified";a:2:{s:4:"ETag";s:20:""2fe96-59a-31a3fc80"";s:13:"Last-Modified";s:29:"Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:55:46 GMT";}}

then run:

pear channel-update pecl.php.net

and then you can run something like:

pecl install pdo pdo_mysql

Now you shouldn't see this anymore:

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