BSD Tips 2

Install Perl using ports:

# cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.8
# make;make install;make clean

Install Perl using pkg_add command:

# pkg_add -v -r perl

BSD Tips 1

I haven't posted in a long time. I need to list these things or I will forget them! There is not enough room in my brain for learning something completely new right now. However, having mastered Windows it is time to move on to a more secure, more stable, faster, and more powerful operating system.

Laptop: Dell M5010
OS: PCBSD 8.1 AMDx64

Wireless Card: DW1501 Wireless-N
Universal Broadcom Driver: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

Incompatible driver packaging from Windows drivers for unix/linux: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/

First try:
Copy tar.gz binary to /usr/ports

Open Terminal, type:
# cd /usr/ports/hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_38.tar.gz
# make;make install;make clean