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Subject: Re: /usr/local/sbin/apxs is missing. 
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Hi,

"Ron (Lists)" wrote:
> Still trying to unscrew my perl installation.  Perl and Apache both 
> fail to install due to the missing /usr/local/sbin/apxs.  I have no 
> idea what failed package removed it, but now I can't install perl.
> 
> Who installs this file?

cd /pri/FreeBSD/releases/current/ports		# or eg cd /usr/ports 
find . -type f -name pkg-plist | xargs grep sbin/apxs


+ There's useful progs here:
	cd /usr/sbin ; echo *pkg*
	pkg_add pkg_create pkg_delete pkg_info pkg_updating pkg_version
with man command for those, 

+ exploration in /var/db/pkg you'll be able to analyse & solve it all.
PS if you start having problems with libs too, try eg ldconfig -R


> It appears to be an apache file, but I can't 
> install apache because it's missing.
> 
> I'm really dead in the water because so much the system requires perl 
> and it was uninstalled by portmaster (for some reason I don't 
> understand) and I can't install it due to the missing file.


Cheers,
Julian
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