At 10:54 PM 8/14/00 -0400, Gregg C Levine wrote:
>I want to add this package eperl-2.2.14.tgz. It is found in the lang
>directory on my CD. The version of NetBSD, I use is 1.4. Each time I try to
>add it following the syntax of pkg_add, I get back this error message
>"pkg_add: add of dependency of 'libperl-5.00404' failed! The first time that
>happened I thought it was because Perl itself wasn't installed, also the
>second, and the third time around. This is the fourth time. Perl is
>installed, but that library is not. I have checked the CD's directories
>fully, and it does not seem to be anyplace on it. Any suggestions?

You need to install the package lang/libperl. I'd hope it would be on your 
CD. If not, you should get pkgsrc.tar.gz from ftp.netbsd.org, untar it into 
/usr/pkgsrc, then:

   cd /usr/pkgsrc/lang/libperl
   make install

(do all this as root, of course).