perl Build.PL ## Creates Build executable -or- perl Build.PL destdir=/someNonDefaultInstallPath ## to instruct Build where to install ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ./Build ## can leave off ./ if you have . in your command PATH ./Build test ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ su (or whatever you do to have admin rights) ./Build test (do again if you are using Inline::C code - puts compiled code in perl tree) ./Build install perldoc Module::Build ## for more information on Build