Alien::Build::Plugin::Probe(3pm)

Usage

look for libraries in known location:

 use alienfile;
 plugin 'Probe::CBuilder' => (
   cflags => '-I/opt/libfoo/include',
   libs   => '-L/opt/libfoo/lib -lfoo',
 );

look for tools in the path:

 use alienfile;
 plugin 'Probe::CommandLine' => (
   command => 'gzip',
   args    => [ '--version' ],
   match   => qr/gzip/,
   version => qr/gzip ([0-9\.]+)/,
 );

Use "vcpkg" for Visual C++ Perl:

 use alienfile;
 plugin 'Probe::Vcpkg' => 'libffi';

Version

version 2.88

Overview

Probe plugins try to find existing libraries and tools already installed on the system. If found they can be used instead of downloading the source from the internet and building.

`Alien::Build::Plugin::Probe::CBuilder`	Use ExtUtils::CBuilder to probe for existing installed library.
`Alien::Build::Plugin::Probe::CommandLine`	Execute commands to probe for existing tools.
`Alien::Build::Plugin::Probe::Vcpkg`	Use Win32::Vcpkg to probe for existing installed library.

Copyright and license

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

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

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