installing perl module Net::Netmask

[mark rowlands]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of JJB
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:40 PM
> To: freebsd-questions at FreeBSD. ORG
> Subject: installing perl module Net::Netmask 
> 
> Freebsd 4.9 is delivered with perl all ready installed.
> Just how do I go about installing  module Net::Netmask into 
> the existing Perl software?
> 

I'm gonna hate myself for this.....

1) cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui
2) make install clean
3) Edit a file  /somewhere/portsup thusly

####################################################################

*default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
# change it to reflect your nearest mirror!..... cvsup.se.freebsd.org
for example
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs tag=.
*default delete use-rel-suffix

# If your network link is a T1 or faster, comment out the following
line.
*default compress

## Ports Collection.
#
# The easiest way to get the ports tree is to use the "ports-all"
# mega-collection.  It includes all of the individual "ports-*"
# collections,
ports-all

####################################################################

4) cvsup /somewhere/portsup

5) When all that excitement is finished:-  cd /usr/ports

6) make search key=netmask | egrep "Port|Path"
Port:   libmtrie-1.0.3
Path:   /usr/ports/devel/libmtrie
Port:   pop-before-smtp-1.33
Path:   /usr/ports/mail/pop-before-smtp
Port:   hawk-0.6
Path:   /usr/ports/net/hawk
Port:   XBone-3.0
Path:   /usr/ports/net/xbone
Port:   icmpquery-1.0.3
Path:   /usr/ports/net-mgmt/icmpquery
Port:   netmask-2.4_1
Path:   /usr/ports/net-mgmt/netmask
Port:   p5-Net-Netmask-1.9007
Path:   /usr/ports/net-mgmt/p5-Net-Netmask

OOOOH  lookeee lookeee

7) cd /usr/ports/net-mgmt/p5-Net-Netmask

8) make install clean

9) Go read the the handbook, the faq, take a look in /usr/share/doc and
sin no more.