Help in installing pear package

Hi folks,

I am trying to install VersionContol_SVN pear package for SVNMANAGER.
I have insatlled PHP and pear sucessfully.

the command : pear.bat install --alldeps VersionControl_SVN-alpha throws an error messsage
No releases available for package "pear.php.net/VersionControl_SVN"
Cannot initialize 'channel://pear.php.net/VersionControl_SVN-alpha', invalid or
missing package file
Package "channel://pear.php.net/VersionControl_SVN-alpha" is not valid
install failed

I have downloaded the code for VersionControl_SVN-0.3.1(winrar) but unable to install the package thru command line.
on searching thru net..i came upon phing (swear dnt have an idea abt it!)
On trying to installl phing by command line but the o/p of command : pear channel-discover pear.phing.info is -----

Discovery of channel "pear.phing.info" failed (channel-add: Cannot open "http://
pear.phing.info/channel.xml" (Connection to `pear.phing.info:80' failed: php_net
work_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: No such host is known. ))

Dont know where I am going wrong.. I have downloaded teh phing-2.3.3.zip as well.. but not aware as how to install the same.
I am really stuck up here and dont know how to proceed.. seeking of help desperately.. there is no clear instructions available as to how to install the
pear package on windows..

Please help!!!!

Are you behind a proxy server? If yes, PEAR can't reach pear.php.net and pear.phing.info. "pear help config-set" will help you in this case.

If you've downloaded a package file, you can install it this way:
pear install name-of-the-file.tgz

yeah!!!! got to know the cause of the problem... thanks a ton for your help.
pear install name-of-the-file.tgz... this works!!!!!