Install PEAR SOAP fails

All,

I'm getting the following error attempting to use PEAR to install SOAP

    # pear install soap
    Failed to download pear/soap within preferred state "stable", latest release is 
version 0.12.0, stability "beta", use "channel://pear.php.net/soap-0.12.0" 
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install failed

I'm looking for advice on what to do next. I'm running PHP 5 on a Mac using XAMPP.

Thanks

Use:

    # pear install soap-0.12.0

Better is to use

$ pear install soap-beta

since you have to type less, and it still works when a new version is out.