Allow configuration of `build.sh` script
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The final step of building & installation is running the build.sh script for the appropriate target architecture. For my macOS system, this does not seem to work. The problem is mainly that it hard-codes paths like /opt/local/lib/perl5/ and /opt/local/libexec/perl5/. I have Homebrew Perl installed, which is under /usr/local. Also, it might be nice to install in a user-local location like ~/perl5. Finally, note that the version pp on macOS does not accept all the arguments the script passes to it.
Those scripts aren't really user-facing - they are used to build the pp versions for distribution - you should just modify a local copy for you needs if you are for some reason building your own packed version. If your pp doesn't recognise some arguments in those scripts then this means you don't have the latest version of PAR::Packer.
Oh, I see. What is the recommended way to install biber to my own system then?
Just install it with TeXLive and use tex TexLive updater to update it - it's all part of the standard distribution. Or, alternatively, if you need a more recent version or can't use TeXLive, just download the relevant binary version from SourceForge.
Okay, thanks.