Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::PP

NAME

Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::PP − Probe system and determine library or tool properties using PkgConfig.pm

VERSION

version 2.37

SYNOPSIS

use alienfile;
plugin 'PkgConfig::PP' => (
pkg_name => 'libfoo',
);

DESCRIPTION

Note: in most case you will want to use Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::Negotiate instead. It picks the appropriate fetch plugin based on your platform and environment. In some cases you may need to use this plugin directly instead.

This plugin provides Probe and Gather steps for pkg-config based packages. It uses PkgConfig to accomplish this task.

PROPERTIES

pkg_name
The package name. If this is a list reference then .pc files with all those package names must be present.

atleast_version
The minimum required version that is acceptable version as provided by the system.

exact_version
The exact required version that is acceptable version as provided by the system.

max_version
The max required version that is acceptable version as provided by the system.

minimum_version
Alias for "atleast_version" for backward compatibility.

METHODS

available
my $bool = Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::PP−>available;

Returns true if the necessary prereqs for this plugin are already installed.

SEE ALSO

Alien::Build::Plugin::PkgConfig::Negotiate, Alien::Build, alienfile, Alien::Build::MM, 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 (å康æ°, gugod)

Nicholas Shipp (nshp)

Juan Julián Merelo Guervós ( JJ )

Joel Berger ( JBERGER )

Petr Pisar (ppisar)

Lance Wicks ( LANCEW )

Ahmad Fatoum (a3f, ATHREEF )

José JoaquÃn Atria ( JJATRIA )

Duke Leto ( LETO )

Shoichi Kaji ( SKAJI )

Shawn Laffan ( SLAFFAN )

Paul Evans (leonerd, PEVANS )

Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH )

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011−2020 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.