If you do not wish to put a copy of ExtUtils::AutoInstall under inc/, and are confident that users will have internet access, you may replace the use lib 'inc'; line with this block of code: # ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code, version 7. BEGIN{my$p='ExtUtils::AutoInstall';my$v=0.45;$p->VERSION||0>=$v or+eval"use $p $v;1"or+do{my$e=$ENV{PERL_EXTUTILS_AUTOINSTALL}; (!defined($e)||$e!~m/--(?:default|skip|testonly)/and-t STDIN or eval"use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;WriteMakefile(PREREQ_PM=>{'$p',$v} );1"and exit)and print"==> $p $v required. Install it from CP". "AN? [Y/n] "and!~/^n/i and print"*** Installing $p\n"and do{if (eval '$>' and lc(`sudo -V`) =~ /version/){system('sudo', $^X,"-MCPANPLUS","-e","CPANPLUS::install $p");eval"use $p $v;1" ||system('sudo', $^X, "-MCPAN", "-e", "CPAN::install $p")}eval{ require CPANPLUS;CPANPLUS::install$p};eval"use $p $v;1"or eval{ require CPAN;CPAN::install$p};eval"use $p $v;1"||die"*** Please manually install $p $v from cpan.org first...\n"}}}