use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; $recode_version = `recode --version`; warn "You need to have GNU recode installed before you can use Convert::Recode\n" unless $recode_version; WriteMakefile( NAME => 'Convert::Recode', VERSION_FROM => 'Recode.pm', dist => { COMPRESS => 'gzip -9f', SUFFIX => 'gz', }, );