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Subject: Re: Help Plz! Post Install question
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VeeJay wrote:
> Hi fellows
>
> I have two computers with FreeBSD 6.2 with minimum installation. (Without
> Ports distribution in /usr). I don't have any "/usr/ports"
> But if I want to install mysql or Perl, what method I should use, in 
> absence
> of ports directory?
>
> How can I install mysql or Perl on my two computers?
>
> Please Help!
>
Perl should be installed, to check open a terminal session and type perl -v
if it is not installed you can install it via a package pkg_add -r perl

To install mysql try pkg_add -r mysql

Ivan