Module::build is a framework for easily building, testing and installing perl packages. it is meant as a next-generation replacement for extutils::makemaker and offers many additional features characteristic of a more modern install system, including simple subclassing for custom build actions.

because it is written in pure perl, it has very few external dependencies. in particular, it allows for installation of packages on systems without 'make' and will even work without a shell. its only prerequisites are modules that are included with perl 5.6.0 and it is core as of perl 5.10.