I know this won't solve the issue, but maybe someone hit this page looking for a workaround. Try this:
sudo apt-get remove phpunit sudo pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de sudo pear channel-discover pear.symfony-project.com sudo pear channel-discover components.ez.no sudo pear update-channels sudo pear upgrade-all sudo pear install --alldeps phpunit/PHPUnit
I know this won't solve the issue, but maybe someone hit this page looking for a workaround. Try this:
sudo apt-get remove phpunit project. com
sudo pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de
sudo pear channel-discover pear.symfony-
sudo pear channel-discover components.ez.no
sudo pear update-channels
sudo pear upgrade-all
sudo pear install --alldeps phpunit/PHPUnit