use Module::Build; grep { -e "$_/flex" } split /:/, $ENV{PATH} or print q(You need flex(1) in your $PATH.) and exit; my $b= Module::Build->new( module_name => 'Parse::Flex', dist_author => 'Ioannis Tambouras ', requires => { perl => '5.006', 'Scalar::Util' => 0 , XSLoader => 0 , }, recommends => { 'Test::Pod' => '1.20', 'Test::Pod::Coverage' => '1.06', 'Test::Distribution' => '1.22', 'Pod::Checker' => 0 , 'Test::Exception' => 0 , }, license => 'perl', script_files => [ 'script/makelexer.pl' ], add_to_cleanup => [ 't/Flex7.so', 't/Flex7.pm' ], #create_makefile_pl=> 'traditional', #create_readme => 1, ); $b->create_build_script; #$b->manifest;