code to fetch, configure, and build two library packages - can it be better?

[Ed]

Howdy all!

As part of a test script, I have to make sure my test machine (i.e.
the machine that is running the script) has libraries zlib and hdf5. I
do that with this code. Is there a better way?

        if ($opt{netcdf4} && ! -e $install_file) {
            copy("/upc/share/ed/downloads/zlib-$
{zlib_version}.tar.gz", $hdf5dir) || die;
            copy("/upc/share/ed/downloads/hdf5-$
{hdf5_version}.tar.gz", $hdf5dir) || die;
            chdir($hdf5dir) || die;
            system("gunzip -f zlib-${zlib_version}.tar.gz");
            system("tar xf zlib-${zlib_version}.tar");
            chdir("zlib-$zlib_version");
            system("./configure --prefix=$hdf5dir");
            system("make install");
            chdir($hdf5dir);
            system("rm -rf zlib-${zlib_version}*");
            system("gunzip -f hdf5-${hdf5_version}.tar.gz");
            system("tar xf hdf5-${hdf5_version}.tar");
            chdir("hdf5-$hdf5_version");
            system("./configure --prefix=$hdf5dir --with-zlib=$hdf5dir
--disable-shared");
            system("make install");
            chdir($hdf5dir);
            system("rm -rf hdf5-${hdf5_version}*");
            system("touch $install_file");
     }

Any comments appreciated!

Thanks,

Ed


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