There are two types of things to install: executables and other things. For executables simply add a scripts key to your hash: 
use Module::Build;

my $build = Module::Build->new(
    module_name         => 'YourName',
    # ...
    script_files        => [ qw( your scripts here ) ],
    #...
);

$build->create_build_script;

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To do other things takes a bit more work: 
my $subclass = Module::Build->subclass(
    class   => 'My::Builder',
    code    => &_custom_code(),
);

my $build = $subclass->new(
    module_name        => 'YourName',
    script_files       => [ qw( same as above ) ],
    #...
);

$build->create_build_script;

sub _custom_code {
    return <<'EO_CODE';
    sub ACTION_install {
        # do whatever you want at the end of install
    }
EO_CODE
}

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Note that shelling out to other scripts is probably not ideal (but is legal). Rather, we code all the file copying, etc in the Build.PL using pure Perl.

Phil

In reply to Re^3: CPAN to install Applications by philcrow
in thread CPAN to install Applications by Herkum

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