I have been trying to get some help from 1and1
the last message was:
It appears that Pear is already installed on the linux package. You can see that on the link below under configure command.
info.php
but I did not understand what the text in the box, may assist you Jason.
The previous message was
Thank you for contacting us.
Please install Pear onto you webspace where the webassist files resides. After installing, take note of the complete path where it was installed.
John