Pear is an Acronym for PHP Extension and Application Repository.
A framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. 
http://pear.php.net/
It's broken. Here's the best solution I've found so far:
Install CGI-version of PHP and the lynx browser
apt-get install php4-cgi lynx cd /usr/bin ln -s php4 php
Install the PEAR package manager and some modules (Follow the instructions (defaults are okay))
lynx -source
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