I'll use Module::Build. It looks like I need to make a directory lib/foo/ for a module foo::bar that has the file lib/foo/bar.pm. Then I write a simple Build.PL file like so:

use Module::Build;

my $build = Module::Build->new
(
     module_name => 'CLQ::QGraphGnuPlot',
     license  => 'GPL2.0'
);

$build->create_build_script;

In a Makefile.in used by automake, I include a command to run "perl Build.PL; Build; Built install"

Thanks,
doug