NAME

    Alien::Base::ModuleBuild - A Module::Build subclass for building
    Alien:: modules and their libraries

VERSION

    version 1.15

SYNOPSIS

    In your Build.PL:

     use Alien::Base::ModuleBuild;

     my $builder = Alien::Base::ModuleBuild->new(
       module_name => 'Alien::MyLibrary',

       configure_requires => {
         'Alien::Base::ModuleBuild' => '0.005',
         'Module::Build' => '0.28'
       },
       requires => {
         'Alien::Base' => '0.005',
       },

       alien_name => 'mylibrary', # the pkg-config name if you want
                                  # to use pkg-config to discover
                                  # system version of the mylibrary

       alien_repository => {
         protocol => 'http',
         host     => 'myhost.org',
         location => '/path/to/tarballs',
         pattern  => qr{^mylibrary-([0-9\.]+)\.tar\.gz$},
       },

       # this is the default:
       alien_build_commands => [
         "%c --prefix=%s", # %c is a platform independent version of ./configure
         "make",
       ],

       # this is the default for install:
       alien_install_commands => [
         "make install",
       ],

       alien_isolate_dynamic => 1,
     );

DESCRIPTION

    NOTE: Please consider for new development of Aliens that you use
    Alien::Build and alienfile instead. Like this module they work with
    Alien::Base. Unlike this module they are more easily customized and
    handle a number of corner cases better. For a good place to start,
    please see Alien::Build::Manual::AlienAuthor. Although the Alien-Base /
    Alien-Build team will continue to maintain this module, (we will
    continue to fix bugs where appropriate), we aren't adding any new
    features to this module.

    This is a subclass of Module::Build, that with Alien::Base allows for
    easy creation of Alien distributions. This module is used during the
    build step of your distribution. When properly configured it will

    use pkg-config to find and use the system version of the library

    download, build and install the library if the system does not provide
    it

METHODS

 alien_check_installed_version

    [version 0.001]

     my $version = $abmb->alien_check_installed_version;

    This function determines if the library is already installed as part of
    the operating system, and returns the version as a string. If it can't
    be detected then it should return empty list.

    The default implementation relies on pkg-config, but you will probably
    want to override this with your own implementation if the package you
    are building does not use pkg-config.

 alien_check_built_version

    [version 0.006]

     my $version = $amb->alien_check_built_version;

    This function determines the version of the library after it has been
    built from source. This function only gets called if the operating
    system version can not be found and the package is successfully built.
    The version is returned on success. If the version can't be detected
    then it should return empty list. Note that failing to detect a version
    is considered a failure and the corresponding ./Build action will fail!

    Any string is valid as a version as far as Alien::Base is concerned.
    The most useful value would be a number or dotted decimal that most
    software developers recognize and that software tools can
    differentiate. In some cases packages will not have a clear version
    number, in which case the string unknown would be a reasonable choice.

    The default implementation relies on pkg-config, and other heuristics,
    but you will probably want to override this with your own
    implementation if the package you are building does not use pkg-config.

    When this method is called, the current working directory will be the
    build root.

    If you see an error message like this:

     Library looks like it installed, but no version was determined

    After the package is built from source code then you probably need to
    provide an implementation for this method.

 alien_extract_archive

    [version 0.024]

      my $dir = $amb->alien_extract_archive($filename);

    This function unpacks the given archive and returns the directory
    containing the unpacked files.

    The default implementation relies on Archive::Extract that is able to
    handle most common formats. In order to handle other formats or
    archives requiring some special treatment you may want to override this
    method.

 alien_do_system

    [version 0.024]

      my %result = $amb->alien_do_system($cmd)

    Similar to Module::Build::do_system, also sets the path and several
    environment variables in accordance to the object configuration (i.e.
    alien_bin_requires) and performs the interpolation of the patterns
    described in "COMMAND INTERPOLATION" in Alien::Base::ModuleBuild::API.

    Returns a set of key value pairs including stdout, stderr, success and
    command.

 alien_do_commands

     $amb->alien_do_commands($phase);

    Executes the commands for the given phase.

 alien_interpolate

     my $string = $amb->alien_interpolate($string);

    Takes the input string and interpolates the results.

GUIDE TO DOCUMENTATION

    The documentation for Module::Build is broken up into sections:

    General Usage (Module::Build)

      This is the landing document for Alien::Base::ModuleBuild's parent
      class. It describes basic usage and background information. Its main
      purpose is to assist the user who wants to learn how to invoke and
      control Module::Build scripts at the command line.

      It also lists the extra documentation for its use. Users and authors
      of Alien:: modules should familiarize themselves with these
      documents. Module::Build::API is of particular importance to authors.

    Alien-Specific Usage (Alien::Base::ModuleBuild)

      This is the document you are currently reading.

    Authoring Reference (Alien::Base::Authoring)

      This document describes the structure and organization of Alien::Base
      based projects, beyond that contained in Module::Build::Authoring,
      and the relevant concepts needed by authors who are writing Build.PL
      scripts for a distribution or controlling Alien::Base::ModuleBuild
      processes programmatically.

      Note that as it contains information both for the build and use
      phases of Alien::Base projects, it is located in the upper namespace.

    API Reference (Alien::Base::ModuleBuild::API)

      This is a reference to the Alien::Base::ModuleBuild API beyond that
      contained in Module::Build::API.

ENVIRONMENT

    ALIEN_VERBOSE

      Enables verbose output from M::B::do_system.

    ALIEN_FORCE

      Skips checking for an installed version and forces reinstalling the
      Alien target.

    ALIEN_INSTALL_TYPE

      Set to 'share' or 'system' to override the install type. Set to
      'default' or unset to restore the default.

    ALIEN_ARCH

      Set to a true value to install to an arch-specific directory.

    ALIEN_${MODULENAME}_REPO_${PROTOCOL}_${KEY}

      Overrides $KEY in the given module's repository configuration
      matching $PROTOCOL. For example,
      ALIEN_OPENSSL_REPO_FTP_HOST=ftp.example.com.

SEE ALSO

    Alien::Build

    alienfile

    Alien::Build::Manual::AlienAuthor

    Alien

THANKS

    Thanks also to

    Christian Walde (Mithaldu)

      For productive conversations about component interoperability.

    kmx

      For writing Alien::Tidyp from which I drew many of my initial ideas.

    David Mertens (run4flat)

      For productive conversations about implementation.

    Mark Nunberg (mordy, mnunberg)

      For graciously teaching me about rpath and dynamic loading,

AUTHOR

    Original author: Joel A Berger <joel.a.berger@gmail.com>

    Current maintainer: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

    Contributors:

    David Mertens (run4flat)

    Mark Nunberg (mordy, mnunberg)

    Christian Walde (Mithaldu)

    Brian Wightman (MidLifeXis)

    Graham Ollis (plicease)

    Zaki Mughal (zmughal)

    mohawk2

    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)

    Petr Pisar (ppisar)

    Alberto Simões (ambs)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

    This software is copyright (c) 2012-2020 by Joel A Berger.

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