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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+#  This script will upgrade all the pear components specific to knowledgetree
+#
+
+#KTDIR="/var/www/knowledgetree"
+KTDIR="$1";
+TMPDIR="$KTDIR/var/pear"
+
+if [ ! -x "$TMPDIR" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$TMPDIR"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$(which pear)" ]; then
+    echo "pear is not installed. please install pear before using this script.";
+    exit;
+fi
+
+# Installing latest pear packages into tmp directory
+pear config-set php_dir "$TMPDIR"
+pear channel-update pear.php.net
+pear config-set preferred_state stable
+pear install --alldeps PEAR
+pear install --alldeps Cache_Lite
+pear install --alldeps Config
+pear install --alldeps DB
+pear install --alldeps File
+pear install --alldeps MDB2#mysql
+pear install --alldeps Log
+pear install --alldeps PHP_Compat
+pear install --alldeps Services_JSON
+pear install --alldeps MIME_Type
+pear config-set preferred_state beta
+pear install --alldeps File_Gettext
+pear install --alldeps Net_LDAP
+pear install --alldeps SOAP
+pear config-set preferred_state stable
+
+# Backing up the current pear directory
+tar -czvf "$TMPDIR/pear_backup_$(date +%Y%m%d).tgz" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear"
+
+#
+# The following section was created via an ls in the current knowledgetree 
+# pear directory for version 3.7.0.3
+#
+# It contains the accurate/compressed list of pear packages known to be currently 
+# needed by knowledgetree. If any new package is implemented it should be added 
+# to this list to stay in the upgrade path.
+#
+
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/Config.php" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/Console" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/DB" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/DB.php" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/File" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/GraphViz.php" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/HTTP" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/HTTP.php" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/JSON.php" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/Log" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/Log.php" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/MIME" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/Net" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/PEAR.php" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/PHP" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/SOAP" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"
+cp -frv "$TMPDIR/System.php" "$KTDIR/thirdparty/pear/"