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/ PkgConfig::LibPkgConf

NAME

PkgConfig::LibPkgConf - Interface to .pc file interface via libpkgconf

SYNOPSIS

 use PkgConfig::LibPkgConf;
 
 if(pkgconf_exists('libarchive'))
 {
   my $version = pkgconf_version('libarchive');
   my $cflags  = pkgconf_cflags('libarchive');
   my $libs    = pkgconf_libs('libarchive');
 }

DESCRIPTION

Many libraries in compiled languages such as C or C++ provide .pc files to specify the flags required for compiling and linking against those libraries. Traditionally, the command line program pkg-config is used to query these files. This module provides a Perl level API using libpkgconf to these files.

This module provides a simplified interface for getting the existence, version, cflags and library flags needed for compiling against a package, using the default compiled in configuration of pkgconf. For a more powerful, but complicated interface see PkgConfig::LibPkgConf::Client. In addition, PkgConfig::LibPkgConf::Util provides some useful utility functions that are also provided by pkgconf.

FUNCTIONS

pkgconf_exists

 my $bool = pkgconf_exists $package_name;

Returns true if the package is available.

Exported by default.

pkgconf_version

 my $version = pkgconf_version $package_name;

Returns the version of the package, if it exists. Will throw an exception if not found.

Exported by default.

pkgconf_cflags

 my $cflags = pkgconf_cflags $package_name;

Returns the compiler flags for the package, if it exists. Will throw an exception if not found.

Exported by default.

pkgconf_cflags_static

 my $cflags = pkgconf_cflags_static $package_name;

Returns the static compiler flags for the package, if it exists. Will throw an exception if not found.

pkgconf_libs

 my $libs = pkgconf_libs $package_name;

Returns the linker library flags for the package, if it exists. Will throw an exception if not found.

Exported by default.

pkgconf_libs_static

 my $libs = pkgconf_libs_static $package_name;

Returns the static linker library flags for the package, if it exists. Will throw an exception if not found.

SUPPORT

IRC #native on irc.perl.org

Project GitHub tracker:

https://github.com/plicease/PkgConfig-LibPkgConf/issues

If you want to contribute, please open a pull request on GitHub:

https://github.com/plicease/PkgConfig-LibPkgConf/pulls

SEE ALSO

The best entry point to the low level pkgconf interface can be found via PkgConfig::LibPkgConf::Client.

Alternatives include:

PkgConfig

Pure Perl implementation of pkg-config which can be used from the command line, or as an API from Perl. Does not require pkg-config in your path, so is a safe dependency for CPAN modules.

ExtUtils::PkgConfig

Wrapper for the pkg-config command line interface. This module will fail to install if pkg-config cannot be found in the PATH, so it is not safe to use a dependency if you want your CPAN module to work on platforms where pkg-config is not installed.

Alien::Base

Provides tools for building non-Perl libraries and making them dependencies for your CPAN modules, even on platforms where the non-Perl libraries aren't already installed. Includes hooks for probing pkg-config .pc files using either pkg-config or PkgConfig.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to the pkgconf developers for their efforts:

https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf/graphs/contributors

AUTHOR

Graham Ollis

Contributors:

A. Wilcox (awilfox)

Petr Pisar (ppisar)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 Graham Ollis.

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