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

Alien::Build::Plugin::Build3pm

Build alien::build plugins

Usage

For autoconf:

 use alienfile;
 plugin 'Build::Autoconf';

for unixy (even on windows):

 use alienfile;
 plugin 'Build::MSYS';

Version

version 2.88

Overview

Build plugins provide tools for building your package once it has been downloaded and extracted.

Alien::Build::Plugin::Build::Autoconf

For dealing with packages that are configured using autotools, or an autotools-like "configure" script.

Alien::Build::Plugin::Build::CMake

For dealing with packages that are configured and built using CMake.

Alien::Build::Plugin::Build::Copy

For dealing with packages that do not require any build, and can just be copied into their final location.

Alien::Build::Plugin::Build::MSYS

For dealing with packages that require MSYS on Windows in order to build. This plugin is typically a no-op on other platforms.

Alien::Build::Plugin::Build::Make

For dealing with packages that require Make to build. Several flavors of Make are supported, including GNU Make and BSD Make.

Alien::Build::Plugin::Build::SearchDep

Add other Aliens as dependencies.

Releases

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

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Author

Author: Graham Ollis <[email protected]>

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)

From perl-alien-build 2.88-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.