Build perl, apache, mod_perl and the required modules: Download perl, apache and mod_perl into /src/dir Build everything: $ cd install $ perl ./buildperl /src/dir perl-5.8.5 /usr/local/pkg/gedcom-1 Change /src/dir, perl-5.8.5, /usr/local/pkg/gedcom-1 to the location of your downloaded source tarballs, the version of perl you will be installing and the location to which the packages will be installed respectively. Run tests: $ make test Start the server: $ make restart Stop the server: $ make stop