No perl; can't apt-get; need neat solution

[robin.c.smith@bt.com]

I have done something to my box ( I was using unstable for a while and ran
out of disk space ), I do not have perl on my box anymore :-(

I tried apt-get install perl but this uses /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure which
is a perl scrit! So how can I put perl onto this box in a neat way?

Robin