NAME
Alien::pkgconf - Discover or download and install pkgconf + libpkgconf
SYNOPSIS
use Alien::pkgconf;
my $cflags = Alien::pkgconf->cflags;
my $libs = Alien::pkgconf->libs;DESCRIPTION
This module provides you with the information that you need to invoke pkgconf or link against libpkgconf. It isn't intended to be used directly, but rather to provide the necessary package by a CPAN module that needs libpkgconf, such as PkgConfig::LibPkgConf.
METHODS
cflags
my $cflags = Alien::pkgconf->cflags;The compiler flags for compiling against libpkgconf.
libs
my $libs = Alien::pkgconf->libs;The linker flags for linking against libpkgconf.
dynamic_libs
my($dll) = Alien::pkgconf->dynamic_libs;The .so, .dll or .dynlib shared or dynamic library which can be used via FFI.
version
my $version = Alien::pkgconf->version;The libpkgconf version.
bin_dir
my($dir) = Alien::pkgconf->bin_dir;The directory where you can find pkgconf. If it is not already in the PATH. Adding this to PATH should make tools that require pkgconf work.
install_type
my $type = Alien::pkgconf->install_type;The type of install, should be either share or system.
HELPERS
pkgconf
%{pkgconf}The name of the pkgconf binary. This is usually just pkgconf.
SEE ALSO
PLATFORM NOTES
Solaris
You may need to have the GNU version of nm installed, which comes with GNU binutils.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to the pkgconf developers for their efforts:
https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf/graphs/contributors
AUTHOR
Graham Ollis
Contributors:
Thibault Duponchelle (tib)
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2016 Graham Ollis.
This is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.