Construction Script

DESTDIR & PREFIX

If you're creating a non-CPAN distribution, in order to install in a different location, you may want to set DESTDIR and/or PREFIX. Can also use INSTALLDIRS and/or INSTALLSITELIB if they are more applicable.

  use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
  WriteMakefile
  (
    'NAME' => 'My::Module',
    'VERSION_FROM' => 'lib/My/Module.pm',
    'PREREQ_PM' => {
       'Test::More' => '0',
    },
    'DESTDIR' => '/home/barbie/myproject/',
    'PREFIX'  => 'lib',
  ) ;