Installation

Mac, Linux and Unix

1. Download mbzdb and uncompress somewhere.
2. Create the database, mbzdb will not create it for you.
3. Open settings.pl and configure the appropriate options.
4. Run init.pl.
5. Use update.pl to update the database as often as you like, replications are released hourly.

Windows

1. Download and install ActivePerl – its free (http://www.activestate.com/activeperl)
2. Use ActiveState’s PPM to install DBD::MySQL.
3. Download mbzdb and uncompress somewhere.
4. Create the database, mbzdb will not create it for you.
5. Open settings.pl and configure the appropriate options.
6. Run init.pl.
7. Use update.pl to update the database as often as you like, replications are released hourly.