THanks Ric! it worked!! [ EDIT: I have a question: how do I install a pear package? I have installed PEAR_Frontend_Gtk2, would it help me? ] Now let me describe exactly what I did to install PEAR on my uniserver 5.1 nano for others who may have the same problem. First, downloaded the new go_pear.php from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/miniserver..._2.zip/download Then.... 1. I went to: \home\admin\www\plugins\pear 2. Zipped the old go_pear.php (for backup) 3. Replaced the new one. 4. Went to apanel 5. Clicked on "Install Pear" from left menu 6. clicked "next >>", checked "PEAR_Frontend_Gtk2", clicked install