Here are the commands I use to install the requirements:
sudo apt-get install php-pear php5-xsl php5-mysqli mysql5-server php5-mysql php5-cgi apache2-mpm-worker libapache2-mod-fcgid cd /usr/share/php pear install MDB2 pear/MDB2#mysqli cache_lite mkdir /usr/share/pbooks/ cd /usr/share/pbooks/ cd /var/www/ ln -s /usr/share/pbooks/web pbooks
PBooks Code Installation
sudo mkdir /usr/share/pbooks cd /usr/share/pbooks sudo svn co http://www.pbooks.org/svn/pbooks/misc_projects/pbooks_portable/trunk/ . sudo chmod 0777 /usr/share/pbooks/cache sudo svn co http://www.nexista.org/svn/nexista/trunk/ ./nexista cd apps sudo svn co http://www.pbooks.org/svn/pbooks/misc_projects/pbooks/trunk/ ./pbooks sudo svn co http://www.nexista.org/svn/nexista/apps/auth/ ./auth cd /opt/lampp/htdocs sudo ln -s /usr/share/pbooks/web/ pbooks
PBooks Database Installation
cd /usr/share/pbooks cp config/my_db_admin_settings.php.dist config/my_db_admin_settings.php vim config/my_db_admin_settings.php php install_db.php sudo cp config/config.xml.dist config/config.xml vim config/config.xml sudo cp apps/pbooks/config/config.xml.dist apps/pbooks/config/config.xml vim apps/pbooks/config/config.xml