af - Command line tool for alienfile
version 0.18
af probe --help af download --help af install --help af requires --help af missing --help af prop --help af list --help
The af command is a command line interface to alienfile and Alien::Build.
af
These options are available for all subcommands.
Print the help for either af as a whole, or the specific subcommand.
Print the version of af and exit.
af download [ ( -f | --file ) alienfile | ( -c | --class ) class ] [ ( -l | --local ) directory ]
Download the external resource using the usual alienfile logic. File will be deposited in the directory indicated by the --local (or -l) option, or the current working directory if not specified.
--local
-l
The alienfile. If neither this option, nor -c is specified, then alienfile in the current directory will be assumed.
-c
alienfile
Get the alienfile from the already installed Alien module. You may omit the Alien:: prefix, so for example Alien::curl may be specified as simply curl.
Alien::
curl
The location to store the downloaded resource. The current directory if not specified.
af probe [ ( -f | --file ) alienfile | ( -c | --class ) class ] [ --root directory ] [ --before hook command ] [ --after hook command ] [ -I lib ] [ --blib ]
Probe system for existing library or tool using the given alienfile.
Get the alienfile from the already installed Alien module. You may omit the Alien:: prefix, so for example Alien::curl may be specified as simply curl. If you do not specify the --prefix option, the package will replace the already installed one.
--prefix
Build in root
Add directory to the Perl search lib (like -I on perl).
Use the blib from the current directory.
af install [ ( -f | --file ) alienfile | ( -c | --class ) class ] [ --prefix directory | --dry-run ] [ --stage directory ] [ --type ( share | system ) ] [ --root directory ] [ --before hook command ] [ --after hook command ] [ -I lib ] [ --blib ]
Install or reinstall using the given alienfile or already installed Alien.
The stage directory. By default this is a temporary directory that will automatically be removed.
The final install location to use. Required when using the -f option, but optional when using the -c option.
-f
Override the install type. May be either share or system.
share
system
Do not install into the final location.
Execute the given command before the given hook. Note that the same hook my execute several times for a given recipe. Example, to open up an interactive shell before the build has started, right after the extraction:
% af install --before build bash
The build configuration is check pointed, so you can read the install and runtime properties in the state.json file in the build root. Use * or % as the hook to run the command before all hooks. You can use :repl as the command to open up a Perl REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) to inspect the $build and $meta objects.
state.json
:repl
$build
$meta
Execute the given command after the given hook. Note that the same hook my execute several times for a given recipe. Example, to open up an interactive shell after the build has completed:
% af install --after build bash
af requires [ ( -f | --file ) alienfile | ( -c | --class ) class ] [ ( -p | --phase ) ( configure | any | share | system ) ]
Print the requirements for the given phase in YAML format. If the phase is not provided, then requirements for all phases will be printed separately in YAML format.
The phase of the requirement. Please refer to the Alien::Build documentation for the meaning of the various phases.
af missing [ ( -f | --file ) alienfile | ( -c | --class ) class ] [ ( -p | --phase ) ( configure | any | share | system ) ] [ --plugin | --precompile ]
Print the requirements for the given phase in list format that are not currently fulfilled. This output can be piped into cpanm in order to install any missing requirements:
% af missing -p configure | cpanm % af missing | cpanm
If no phase is specified, then missing prereqs for configure, and either share or system will be printed depending on what type of install is detected (for this to work you may need to install the configure prereqs, since the probe may use configure required modules).
Print out missing plugins. Caveat: to do this, af mocks part of Alien::Build::Meta, which may or may not break in the future.
Print out missing modules that are needed before the alienfile is even compiled. These are usually configure time prereqs, but if they are used in the alienfile instead of being declared as a requires, then there is no way for Alien::Build to query for them. Caveat: since alienfile is arbitrary Perl code, there may be corner cases not covered by this option.
configure
use
requires
af prop ( -c | --class ) class [ --cflags ] [ --libs ] [ --static ] [ --modversion ] [ --bin-dir ]
Print the runtime properties for the given Alien class. You may omit the Alien:: prefix, so for example Alien::curl may be queried as simply curl. If no specific properties are requested then the entire runtime property hash will be printed in YAML format.
The class to query for runtime properties. This option is required.
Print the compiler flags
Print the linker flags
For either the --cflags or --libs option print the static versions.
--cflags
--libs
Print the version of the Alienized package. This is not the version of the Alien module itself.
Print the list of directories bundled with a share install.
af list [ -l | --long ]
Print list of Alien modules already installed that used Alien::Build as their installer.
Also print the version number of the Alien module, and the version of the alienized package.
Author: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
Contributors:
Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)
This software is copyright (c) 2017-2022 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.
To install App::af, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm App::af
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install App::af
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.