I had the same problem but in /doc/pdflib/readme-source-unix.txt ... If you want to install only selected parts (e.g., only the PDFlib C library or the Perl support), type "make install" in the respective subdirectory (e.g, bind/pdflib/perl). looks like a "must do it this way" for perl ./PDFlib-Lite-7.0.5p3 cd ./bind/pdflib/perl make install works fine lg