===== Installing PhD =====
The preferred method is using the pear channel, but all methods are documented below.

==== Using the PEAR Channel ====
At the time of this writing the latest version of PhD is in beta so the -beta tag is used below.
PhD is chunked into multiple sub-packages (currently "Generic", "PHP" and "PEAR"), the Generic package is installed by default.

To install just the PhD core and the Generic package, type:
<code>
$ pear install doc.php.net/PhD-beta
</code>
And for upgrading:
<code>
$ pear upgrade doc.php.net/PhD-beta
</code>
If by chance you already installed PhD by other means then be sure to uninstall that version first.

To list all available packages:
<code>
$ pear remote-list -c doc.php.net
</code>
and to install optional packages:
<code>
$ pear install doc.php.net/PhD_PHP-beta
</code>

Note that since the optional packages depend on the PhD core package they will pull down and automatically install the required packages if missing. That means it enough to simply write:
<code>
$ pear install doc.php.net/PhD_PHP-beta
</code>
to install everything that is required.

==== Using PEAR directly ====
Installing by using a specific tarball is possible too, but is not recommended.
<code>
$ pear install http://doc.php.net/get/PhD-0.9.0.tgz
</code>

==== Using SVN ====
Getting the code:
<code>
$ svn co http://svn.php.net/repository/phd/trunk phd
</code>

Install and run from SVN:
<code>
$ cd phd
$ pear install -f package.xml
</code>

Alternately you can (although not recommended) run PhD directly from SVN, without needing to install it. The same holds true if using the tarball, because all the phd command really does is execute "php render.php" so:
<code>
$ cd phd
$ php render.php -d/path/to/phpdoc/.manual.xml
</code>


Now go on and read the [[http://doc.php.net/phd/docs/|PhD Documentation]]