perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths

Build.PL install path logic made easy

This module tries to make install path resolution as easy as possible. When you want to install a module, it needs to figure out where to install things. The nutshell version of how this works is that default installation locations are determined from ExtUtils::Config, and they may be individually overridden by using the 'install_path' attribute. An 'install_base' attribute lets you specify an alternative installation root like _/home/foo_ and 'prefix' does something similar in a rather different (and more complicated) way. 'destdir' lets you specify a temporary installation directory like _/tmp/install_ in case you want to create bundled-up installable packages. The following types are supported by default. * * lib Usually pure-Perl module files ending in _.pm_ or _.pod_. * * arch "Architecture-dependent" module files, usually produced by compiling XS, Inline, or similar code. * * script Programs written in pure Perl. In order to improve reuse, you may want to make these as small as possible - put the code into modules whenever possible. * * bin "Architecture-dependent" executable programs, i.e. compiled C code or something. Pretty rare to see this in a perl distribution, but it happens. * * bindoc Documentation for the stuff in 'script' and 'bin'. Usually generated from the POD in those files. Under Unix, these are manual pages belonging to the 'man1' category. Unless explicitly set, this is only available on platforms supporting manpages. * * libdoc Documentation for the stuff in 'lib' and 'arch'. This is usually generated from the POD in _.pm_ and _.pod_ files. Under Unix, these are manual pages belonging to the 'man3' category. Unless explicitly set, this is only available on platforms supporting manpages. * * binhtml This is the same as 'bindoc' above, but applies to HTML documents. Unless explicitly set, this is only available when perl was configured to do so. * * libhtml This is the same as 'libdoc' above, but applies to HTML documents. Unless explicitly set, this is only available when perl was configured to do so.