---
name: "Test::Alien::CanCompile"
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/Test::Alien::CanCompile"
---

# Test::Alien::CanCompile(3pm)

Skip a test file unless a C compiler is available

## NAME

Test::Alien::CanCompile - Skip a test file unless a C compiler is available

## VERSION

version 2.88

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use Test::Alien::CanCompile;
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is just a Test2 plugin that requires that a compiler be available.  Otherwise the test will be skipped.

## SEE ALSO

- Test::Alien

  ## 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.