Build and install check_lm_sensors Install to /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/contrib ========================================== In the source directory run: perl Makefile.PL make make install Install to a custom directory (CUSTOM_DIR) ========================================= In the source directory run: perl Makefile.PL INSTALLSITESCRIPT=CUSTOM_DIR make make install You can override the INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLNBIN or INSTALLSITESCRIPT variable depending on your perl installation. The man page is installed to /usr/share/man/man1/check_lm_sensors.1 you can customize the path by setting INSTALLMAN1DIR as follows perl Makefile.PL INSTALLSCRIPT=CUSTOM_DIR INSTALLMAN1DIR=CUSTOM_MAN_DIR make make install Manual installation =================== Substitute #!perl at the beginning of the script with the location of your Perl interpreter and copy it to the desired location Generate the man page with pod2man pod2man check_lm_sensors.pod > CUSTOM_MAN_FILE Please report any installation problem to <matteo.corti@id.ethz.ch> or open a ticket at https://trac.id.ethz.ch/projects/nagios_plugins/newticket