---
name: "Alien::Build::Plugin::Core"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-alien-build"
version: "2.88-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Alien::Build::Plugin::Core"
---

# Alien::Build::Plugin::Core(3pm)

Core Alien::Build plugins

## NAME

Alien::Build::Plugin::Core - Core Alien::Build plugins

## VERSION

version 2.88

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use alienfile;
 # core plugins are already loaded
```

## DESCRIPTION

Core plugins are special plugins that are always loaded, usually first.

- Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::CleanInstall

  - Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::Download

  This contains the default machinery for downloading packages, if no other download plugin or commands are provided.

- Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::FFI

  - Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::Gather

  - Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::Legacy

  Add interoperability with Alien::Base::ModuleBuild

- Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::Override

  The machinery which allows you to override the type of install with the `"ALIEN_INSTALL_TYPE"` environment variable.

- Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::Setup

  - Alien::Build::Plugin::Core::Tail

  ## SEE ALSO

Alien::Build, Alien::Build::Plugin

## AUTHOR

Author: Graham Ollis \<plicease@cpan.org\>

Contributors:

Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)

Roy Storey (KIWIROY)

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 Písař (ppisar)

Lance Wicks (LANCEW)

Ahmad Fatoum (a3f, ATHREEF)

José Joaquín Atria (JJATRIA)

Duke Leto (LETO)

Shoichi Kaji (SKAJI)

Shawn Laffan (SLAFFAN)

Paul Evans (leonerd, PEVANS)

Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH)

nick nauwelaerts (INPHOBIA)

Florian Weimer

Marcel Telka (mtelka)

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011-2022 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.