diff --git a/setup/check_install.php b/setup/check_install.php
index e71a86915c..ad5af32b02 100644
--- a/setup/check_install.php
+++ b/setup/check_install.php
@@ -379,13 +379,13 @@ function pear_check($package,$args)
 	// check if egw-pear is availible and packages is included
 	if ($package && is_dir('../egw-pear') && file_exists('../egw-pear/'.str_replace('_','/',$package).'.php'))
 	{
-		$available = true;
+		$available = $found = true;
 		$version_available = '999.egw-pear';
 	}
 	// packages found in the pear registry --> use that info
 	elseif ($pear_packages)
 	{
-		$pear_available = true;
+		$pear_available = $found = true;
 		// check if package is installed
 		if ($package && isset($pear_packages[$package])) $available = true;
 		// check if it's the right version
@@ -399,20 +399,21 @@ function pear_check($package,$args)
 
 			if (!class_exists('PEAR')) $pear_available = false;
 		}
+		$found = $pear_available;
 		if ($pear_available && $package)
 		{
 			$file = str_replace('_','/',$package == 'Mail_Mime' ? 'Mail_mime' : $package).'.php';
 
-			$available = @include_once($file);
+			$found = @include_once($file);
 
-			if (!class_exists($package)) $available = false;
+			if (!class_exists($package)) $found = false;
 		}
 	}
 	// is the right version availible
-	$available = (@$available || $pear_available && !$package) && (!$min_version || version_compare($min_version,$version_available) <= 0);
+	$available = $found && (!$min_version || version_compare($min_version,$version_available) <= 0);
 	echo '<div>'.($available ? $passed_icon : $warning_icon).' <span'.($available ? '' : ' class="setup_warning"').'>'.
 		lang('Checking PEAR%1 is installed',($package?($channel?' '.$channel.'/':'::').$package:'').($min_version?" ($min_version)":'')).': '.
-		($available ? ($version_available ? $version_available : lang('True')) : lang('False'))."</span></div>\n";
+		($available ? lang('True') : ($found ? lang('Found, but unknown version') : lang('False')))."</span></div>\n";
 
 	if (!$available)	// give further info only if not availible
 	{
@@ -421,26 +422,26 @@ function pear_check($package,$args)
 
 		if (!$pear_available)
 		{
-			echo ' '.lang('PEAR (%1) is a PHP repository and is usually in a package called %2.',
+			echo '<br/>'.lang('PEAR (%1) is a PHP repository and is usually in a package called %2.',
 				'<a href="http://pear.php.net" target="_blank">pear.php.net</a>','php-pear');
 		}
-		elseif ($package)
+		elseif ($package && !$found)
 		{
-			echo ' '.lang('You can install it by running:').
+			echo '<br/>'.lang('You can install it by running:').
 				($channel ? ' pear channel-discover '.$channel.' ;' : '').
 				' pear install '.($channel ? $channel.'/' : '').$package;
 		}
+		elseif ($min_version && !$version_available)
+		{
+			echo '<br/>'.lang('We could not determine the version of %1, please make sure it is at least %2',$package,$min_version);
+		}
+		elseif ($min_version && version_compare($min_version,$version_available) > 0)
+		{
+			echo '<br/>'.lang('Your installed version of %1 is %2, required is at least %3, please run: ',
+				$package,$version_available,$min_version).' pear update '.$package;
+		}
 		echo "</div>";
 	}
-	elseif ($min_version && !$version_available)
-	{
-		echo '<div class="setup_info">'.lang('We could not determine the version of %1, please make sure it is at least %2',$package,$min_version).'</div>';
-	}
-	elseif ($min_version && version_compare($min_version,$version_available) > 0)
-	{
-		echo '<div class="setup_info">'.lang('Your installed version of %1 is %2, required is at least %3, please run: ',
-			$package,$version_available,$min_version).' pear update '.$package.'</div>';
-	}
 	echo "\n";
 
 	return $available;
diff --git a/setup/lang/egw_de.lang b/setup/lang/egw_de.lang
index a0c4f0c022..d5cf4dadd2 100644
--- a/setup/lang/egw_de.lang
+++ b/setup/lang/egw_de.lang
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ filename	setup	de	Dateiname
 filesystem	setup	de	Dateisystem
 filesystem (default)	setup	de	Dateisystem (Vorgabe)
 force selectbox	setup	de	Auswahl erzwingen
+found, but unknown version	setup	de	Gefunden, aber unbekannte Version
 give admin access to all installed apps	setup	de	Admin Zugang zu allen installierten Anwendungen geben
 give ldap root dn and password, if you need to create an instance specific admin user, user- or group-context	setup	de	Tragen Sie das LDAP root DN und Passwort ein, wenn Sie einen Instanzspezifischen Adminbenutzer oder Gruppen-Kontext benötigen
 gives further options	setup	de	gibt zusätzliche Optionen
diff --git a/setup/lang/egw_en.lang b/setup/lang/egw_en.lang
index 28b6bd3ed8..af9c3f67ce 100644
--- a/setup/lang/egw_en.lang
+++ b/setup/lang/egw_en.lang
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ filename	setup	en	File name
 filesystem	setup	en	File system
 filesystem (default)	setup	en	File system (default)
 force selectbox	setup	en	Force select box
+found, but unknown version	setup	en	Found, but unknown version
 give admin access to all installed apps	setup	en	Give admin access to all installed apps
 give ldap root dn and password, if you need to create an instance specific admin user, user- or group-context	setup	en	Give LDAP root DN and password, if you need to create an instance specific admin user, user- or group-context
 gives further options	setup	en	Gives further options