Installing PERL
Actually it's there already. Here's how to get it going.. (FreeBSD 5.2)
Posted 24.10.2003 | Updated 23.05.2006 | Contributed by Andy Mallett


PERL is already an intrinsic part of the modern FreeBSD. However it is necessary to install mod_perl.

The mod_perl installation is usually performed in conjunction with Apache and PHP.

Go to the Apache|PHP|MySQL|Perl section and do it in the recommended sequence.

Mod_Perl Setup

Google and download the file mod_perl-1.27.tar.gz [363K] or its updated equivalent to the /src directory.

Move into the /src diectory and unpack the mod_perl tarball.

tar -zxvf mod_perl-1.27.tar.gz

Move into the newly created mod_perl directory:

cd mod_perl-1.27

Next you need to build a configure script. This must be done as root:

vi modscript

Inside the Mod_Perl script type: 

#!/bin/sh
#Perl Configure Script

perl Makefile.PL \
APACHE_SRC=/src/apache_1.3.17/src \
NO_HTTPD=1 \
USE_APACI=1 \
PREP_HTTPD=1 \
EVERYTHING=1 \


Once you have double checked your spelling, save and exit the script, run it:

sh modscript

Confirm the Apache bit [y]

After this script runs do the following:

make
make install

..and that's it. PERL is go. Return to the Big Server page to continue. You can test PERL at the end..