Chapter 4

Then you decompress the module distribution. For example, I decompress 

Memoize with Gnu tar:

$ tar zxf Memoize 1.00.tar.gz

Then I enter the directory created:

$ cd Memoize 1.00

To build the Makefile, I run the Perl script Makefile.PL. This script examines 

my system and builds a Makefile appropriate for my system:

$ perl Makefile.PL

Checking if your kit is complete...

Looks good

Writing Makefile for Memoize

Using the Makefile just created, I build the module. The make command follows 

the instructions in the Makefile. It copies the Perl modules into a staging area 

called blib that's used to assemble the module before installation. It also builds 

manual pages from POD source.

$ make

cp Memoize.pm blib/lib/Memoize.pm

cp Memoize/ExpireTest.pm blib/lib/Memoize/ExpireTest.pm

cp Memoize/Saves.pm blib/lib/Memoize/Saves.pm

cp Memoize/Expire.pm blib/lib/Memoize/Expire.pm

cp Memoize/AnyDBM_File.pm blib/lib/Memoize/AnyDBM_File.pm

cp Memoize/Storable.pm blib/lib/Memoize/Storable.pm

cp Memoize/SDBM_File.pm blib/lib/Memoize/SDBM_File.pm

cp Memoize/ExpireFile.pm blib/lib/Memoize/ExpireFile.pm

cp Memoize/NDBM_File.pm blib/lib/Memoize/NDBM_File.pm

Manifying blib/man3/Memoize.3

Manifying blib/man3/Memoize::ExpireTest.3

Manifying blib/man3/Memoize::Saves.3

Manifying blib/man3/Memoize::Expire.3

Manifying blib/man3/Memoize::AnyDBM_File.3

Manifying blib/man3/Memoize::Storable.3

Manifying blib/man3/Memoize::ExpireFile.3

Manifying blib/man3/Memoize::SDBM_File.3

Manifying blib/man3/Memoize::NDBM_File.3

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