To install the script and man pages in the standard areas, give the sequence of commands perl Makefile.PL make make install If you want to install the script in your own private space, use perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/my/private/perllib \ INSTALLMAN1DIR=/my/private/perllib/man/man1 \ INSTALLMAN3DIR=/my/private/perllib/man/man3 make make install Or, just do cp -p texdepend /usr/local/bin cp -p texdepend /usr/local/man/man1