php-pear software package provides PEAR - PHP Extension and Application Repository, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install php-pear
php-pear is installed in your system.
Make ensure the php-pear package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep php-pear *
You will get with php-pear package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | PHP |
| Package | php-pear |
| Version | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20 |
| Description | PEAR - PHP Extension and Application Repository |
| Sub Section | PHP |