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Date:      Wed, 29 May 2002 12:47:42 -0400
From:      mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com>
To:        stephenc@attbi.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Empty /usr/local
Message-ID:  <20020529124742.A63044@rochester.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020529162751.JLUM11426.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@rwcrwbc58>; from stephenc@attbi.com on Wed, May 29, 2002 at 04:27:51PM %2B0000
References:  <20020529162751.JLUM11426.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@rwcrwbc58>

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On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 04:27:51PM +0000, stephenc@attbi.com wrote:
> I'm kinda new to FreeBSD, I just downloaded and 
> installed it last week and just about everything is 
> going fine. I am trying to install some CPAN perl 
> modules though and they seemed to install correctly but 
> when I try to use them perl can't find them.
> 
> I ran " perl '-V:install.*' " and a lot of variables are 
> pointing to directories under /usr/local/*. I checked 
> and I don't have anything in /usr/local/, the directory 
> is completely empty. I'm somewhat familiar with Linux so 
> it seems to me that this directory should have something 
> in it. Shouldn't it?

If it's a fresh install (i.e. you haven't yet installed
any other software beyond the base system) I don't believe
anything would be there yet.

> 
> FreeBSD 4.4
> Perl5
> Trying to install Net::Telnet

I would recommend just installing it via the ports collection.
/usr/ports/net/p5-Net-Telnet

> 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thank you 
> Stephen
> 

mike
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