In this directory are some example alienfiles. You can test them with the af command if you have App::af installed. For example:

 % af install --prefix=/tmp/foo xz.alienfile

If you want to force a share install you can use the --type option:

 % af install --type=share --prefix=/tmp/foo xz.alienfile

For more details on what you can do with the af command, please see its documentation.