Module::Install::Share - Install non-code files for use during run-time
# Put everything inside ./share/ into the distribution 'auto' path install_share 'share'; # Same thing as above using the default directory name install_share;
As well as Perl modules and Perl binary applications, some distributions need to install read-only data files to a location on the file system for use at run-time.
XML Schemas, YAML data files, and SQLite databases are examples of the sort of things distributions might typically need to have available after installation.
Module::Install::Share is a Module::Install extension that provides commands to allow these files to be installed to the applicable location on disk.
Module::Install::Share
To locate the files after installation so they can be used inside your module, see this extension's companion module File::ShareDir.
Currently install_share installs not only the files you want, but if called by the author will also copy .svn and other source-control directories, and other junk.
install_share
Enhance this to copy only files under share that are in the MANIFEST, or possibly those not in MANIFEST.SKIP.
Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
Module::Install, File::ShareDir
Copyright 2006 Audrey Tang, Adam Kennedy.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
To install Module::Install, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Module::Install
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Module::Install
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.