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

Alien::Build::Plugin::Extract3pm

Extract alien::build plugins

Usage

 use alienfile
 share {
   plugin 'Extract' => 'tar.gz';
 };

Version

version 2.88

Overview

Extract plugins extract packages that have been downloaded from the internet. Unless you are doing something unusual you will likely want to use the Alien::Build::Plugin::Extract::Negotiate plugin to select the best Extract plugin available.

Alien::Build::Plugin::Extract::ArchiveTar

Extract using "tar". Typically also works with compressed tarballs like "tar.gz".

Alien::Build::Plugin::Extract::ArchiveZip

Extract using Archive::Zip.

Alien::Build::Plugin::Extract::CommandLine

Extract using command line tools like "tar" or "unxip".

Alien::Build::Plugin::Extract::Directory

Extract a local directory.

Alien::Build::Plugin::Extract::File

"Extract" a single file.

Alien::Build::Plugin::Extract::Negotiate

Pick the best extract plugin based on the extension of the package archive.

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.