use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; WriteMakefile( NAME => "Tie::TransactHash", VERSION_FROM => "lib/Tie/TransactHash.pm", EXE_FILES => ["bin/edit-db.pl"], PREREQ_PM => { "Tie::IxHash" => 1.2}, #there was no version dist => {COMPRESS => "gzip", SUFFIX => "gz" } );