I am using Module::Build for a project and want all the files to be installed into a directory specified by the user.

Is there an elegant way to acheive in my Build.PL something like this: 

use Module::Build;

my $build = Module::Build->new(
     module_name => 'Foo::Bar',
     license => 'perl',
    );

my $install_dir = $build->prompt(
  "Where should I install to?", '/usr/local/install_here');

# This is what I am looking for. ##################
                                                  #
$build->set( install_base => $install_dir );      #
                                                  #
###################################################

$build->create_build_script;

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I can achieve the above in other ways but none elegant. What I want to be able to do is change a setting after creating the build object.

If I am missing something obvious please let me know - I have read the docs and have even grep '^sub' Module/Build/Base.pm for something like 'set'.

--tidiness is the memory loss of environmental mnemonics

In reply to Setting values in Module::Build by EvdB

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