Need procedure to install PEAR (over old version) with go-pear.phar on redhat, centos with php5.3

I'm on CentOS and So far I've been reading about go-pear and go-pear.phar since my PEAR seems to have gotten behind enough that it can't be upgraded with command: > pear upgrade PEAR

OK, reviews on go-pear.phar seem good, and maybe working with packages and signatures is a necessity. Running on faith here, and forging ahead, I wonder... Should I remove all of the previous PEAR packages, and if so what is the best way ( hmmmm 'rm' comes to mind ) I'm actually not trying to be an pioneer here; Looking for someone who has done this ( In a controlled manner, and With a Positive Outcome ) ie: I don't want to botch my Server Box.

What else will I need to know about locations (/usr/share) and php.ini file configuration. I'm open to PEAR install tips, with .phar and want to learn more about it.

Suggestions and pointers welcome. TIA (thanks in adva开发者_高级运维nce)

This problem should be solved with RHEL in order to be solved in CentOS, here is the bug report about that problem: PHP53 Lacks php53-pear

Install the older php-pear via yum install php-pear and than run the following commands:

pear upgrade --force Console_Getopt
pear upgrade --force pear
pear upgrade-all

(It seems that these commands will solve the issue, it worked for labradort from the linked bug report and it worked for me)