Unable to run phpdoc command after installing phpdoc/phpDocumentor package

Question

Although I followed the instruction to install phpDocumentor, Command line doesn't seem to respond to phpdoc

Given error: Command 'phpdoc' not found, did you mean: command 'phploc' from deb phploc command 'phpdox' from deb phpdox Try: sudo apt install

I followed these steps to install phpdoc and it seemed to work

pear channel-discover pear.phpdoc.org

pear install phpdoc/phpDocumentor

When the installation completed I tried to run phpdoc -h and it did not work.

Using: 7.2.16

OS: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS

I appreciate any attempt to help.

Could you check the section Modifying php.ini from the pear documentation and try to check if that works. pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.checking.php — JensV
– JensV, Commented Apr 11, 2019 at 9:15
Did you sudo those install commands? (Just curious, I just installed on Linux Mint 18.1 without problems) Did you try any of the other installation methods? — user8034901
– user8034901, Commented Apr 11, 2019 at 9:22
Yes, but it doesn't look like the problem is with the installation @kerbholz — Agil
– Agil, Commented Apr 11, 2019 at 9:23
@JensV I actually added include_path=".:/home/user/pear/share/pear" manually. but it doesn't have anything to do with phpdoc am I right? beacouse pear already works. — Agil
– Agil, Commented Apr 11, 2019 at 9:25
What does whereis phpdoc return? Is that path in your PATH? (Mine says phpdoc: /usr/bin/phpdoc) — user8034901
– user8034901, Commented Apr 11, 2019 at 9:26

Stéphane Aulery · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-22 16:25:47Z

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Check directories in your your path with

echo $PATH

phpdoc should be in /usr/bin. Check it with

ls -l /usr/bin/php*

If phpdoc is there, add exec perms with

chmod +x /usr/bin/phpdoc

But most likely he is not in the path, so go for a search

find . -name testfile.txt

When you have identified where phpdoc is, you must either add the folder where it is located to the PATH, or create a symbolic link (symln :

to this file in a directory of the PATH.

For PATH extension, do :

export PATH=$PATH:/my/custom/path

For a symlink, cd to a directory in your PATH. After that do

ln -s /my/custom/path/phpdoc

A good custom binary directory is /usr/local/bin.

You have to perform all this task as root or with sudo.

answered Apr 22, 2019 at 16:25

Stéphane Aulery

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