Downloaded php-pear and tried installing gmagick extension by following the steps given in link "http://www.gerd-riesselmann.net/development/how-install-imagick-and-gmagick-ubuntu"

The pecl gave an error --

gmagick-1.0.9b1$ pecl install gmagick

Failed to download pecl/gmagick within preferred state "stable", latest release is version 1.0.9b1, stability "beta", use "channel://pecl.php.net/gmagick-1.0.9b1" to install install failed

Tried adding the channel (no result)--

gmagick-1.0.9b1$ pecl channel-add http://pecl.php.net/package/gmagick/1.0.9b1

Error: No version number found in tag channel-add: invalid channel.xml file

Found the link "http://pecl.php.net/package/gmagick" to download the php extension untar'd it to find the following files --

gmagick-1.0.9b1$ ls

config.m4 gmagickdraw_methods.c gmagick_methods.c LICENSE php_gmagick_helpers.h README gmagick.c gmagick_helpers.c gmagickpixel_methods.c php_gmagick.h php_gmagick_macros.h

Tried . / config.m4 only to find more errors

gmagick-1.0.9b1$ . / config.m4

./config.m4: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `gmagick,'
./config.m4: line 1: `PHP_ARG_WITH(gmagick, whether to enable the gmagick extension,'

Been at this since a day with no result.Read that gmagick is a swiss knife of image processing,sad that there isnt much documentation done on it or at least a proper how to install link anywhere.

Badly need help.

Thanks in advance.