Install DVD onto MacBook Pro 13" with NO DVD Drive

My son has a MacBook Pro 13" with no DVD drive.. He received iLife ON DVD.. What is the simplest way to get the contents of that dvd installed onto his macbook?
Is there a way to download the ilife and just type in a serial # etc. from the DVD?

You cannot download iLife from the Internet for free.
Instead, you have two options to install iLife:
1. Get an external DVD drive and use it to install iLife, or;
2. If you have got another PC or Mac, use Remote Disc > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5287?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Note that your son's MacBook Pro already comes with iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand, which are iLife apps. However, he needs the DVD to install iDVD and iWeb, in case he needs them

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