NAME

Alien::Build::MM - Alien::Build installer code for ExtUtils::MakeMaker

VERSION

version 1.22

SYNOPSIS

In your Makefile.PL:

use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
use Alien::Build::MM;

my $abmm = Alien::Build::MM->new;

WriteMakefile($abmm->mm_args(
  ABSTRACT     => 'Discover or download and install libfoo',
  DISTNAME     => 'Alien-Libfoo',
  NAME         => 'Alien::Libfoo',
  VERSION_FROM => 'lib/Alien/Libfoo.pm',
  ...
));

sub MY::postamble {
  $abmm->mm_postamble;
}

In your lib/Alien/Libfoo.pm:

package Alien::Libfoo;
use base qw( Alien::Base );
1;

DESCRIPTION

This class allows you to use Alien::Build and Alien::Base with ExtUtils::MakeMaker.

CONSTRUCTOR

new

my $abmm = Alien::Build::MM->new;

Create a new instance of Alien::Build::MM.

PROPERTIES

build

my $build = $abmm->build;

The Alien::Build instance.

alienfile_meta

my $bool = $abmm->alienfile_meta

Set to a false value, in order to turn off the x_alienfile meta

METHODS

mm_args

my %args = $abmm->mm_args(%args);

Adjust the arguments passed into WriteMakefile as needed by Alien::Build.

mm_postamble

my %args = $abmm->mm_args(%args);

Returns the postamble for the Makefile needed for Alien::Build. This adds the following make targets which are normally called when you run make all, but can be run individually if needed for debugging.

alien_prefix

Determines the final install prefix (%{.install.prefix}).

alien_version

Determine the perl_module_version (%{.runtime.perl_module_version})

alien_download

Downloads the source from the internet. Does nothing for a system install.

alien_build

Build from source (if a share install). Gather configuration (for either system or share install).

alien_prop

Prints the meta, install and runtime properties for the Alien.

SEE ALSO

Alien::Build, Alien::Base, Alien

AUTHOR

Author: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

Contributors:

Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)

Roy Storey

Ilya Pavlov

David Mertens (run4flat)

Mark Nunberg (mordy, mnunberg)

Christian Walde (Mithaldu)

Brian Wightman (MidLifeXis)

Zaki Mughal (zmughal)

mohawk (mohawk2, ETJ)

Vikas N Kumar (vikasnkumar)

Flavio Poletti (polettix)

Salvador Fandiño (salva)

Gianni Ceccarelli (dakkar)

Pavel Shaydo (zwon, trinitum)

Kang-min Liu (劉康民, gugod)

Nicholas Shipp (nshp)

Juan Julián Merelo Guervós (JJ)

Joel Berger (JBERGER)

Petr Pisar (ppisar)

Lance Wicks (LANCEW)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Graham Ollis.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm Alien::Build

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Alien::Build