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PkgConfig

as a configure_requires

Graham THE Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

YAPC :: NA 2014

25 June 2014

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ME!

Graham THE Ollis

  • Perl programmer since 1994
  • DC.pm member since 2012
  • a.k.a. plicease

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pkg-config

  • pkg-config
    • program for getting the cflags and libs necessary for compiling and linking against a library
  • ExtUtils::PkgConfig
    • an interface to pkg-config for Perl

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ExtUtils::PkgConfig’s Makefile.PL

# don't go any further if pkg-config cannot be found.�my $have_pkg_config = `pkg-config --version`;� �if ($have_pkg_config eq "") {� # Warn and exit with status 0 to indicate (to the user and the CPAN� # testers infrastructure) that this module won't work on this machine.� warn <<"__EOW__";�***�*** ExtUtils::PkgConfig requires the pkg-config utility, but it doesn't�*** seem to be in your PATH. Is it correctly installed?�*** PATH=$ENV{PATH}�***�__EOW__� exit 0;�}

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PkgConfig

  • Pure Perl (5.6.2+) pkg-config
  • PkgConfig API (no fork necessary)
  • No non-core deps (Perl 5.12+)
  • Maintainer is active

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PkgConfig supported platforms

  • Debian Linux
  • Debian kFreeBSD
  • RedHat Linux
  • FreeBSD
  • NetBSD
  • OpenBSD
  • Solaris
  • cygwin
  • MSWin32

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PkgConfig

PkgConfig is the official pkg-config for Strawberry Perl as of 5.20.0

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Plug

Consider using PkgConfig for your next project!

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Already using PkgConfig:

  • Math::GSL
  • FFI::Raw
  • Alien::Libarchive
  • Strawberry Perl

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ME!