Swapping AC from 1998 Explorer

Hi, I have a wrecked 1998 Ford Explorer with good ac system. I'm wondering
if its possible to take the ac components and fit them in another car I have
that doesn't have ac. My question is if the ac system could be configured to
run independently in the new car. The new car can easily have a compressor
added as there is brackets available etc, just I dont know how much of the ac
system is integrated with the pcm or whatever...