Alien::SDL (3)

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NAME

Alien::SDL - building, finding and using SDL binaries

VERSION

Version 1.446

SYNOPSIS

Alien::SDL tries (in given order) during its installation:

*

When given "--with-sdl-config" option use specified sdl-config script to locate

SDL

libs.

 perl Build.PL --with-sdl-config=/opt/sdl/bin/sdl-config

or using default script name 'sdl-config' by running:

 perl Build.PL --with-sdl-config

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Using --with-sdl-config avoids considering any other build methods; no prompt with other available build options.

*

Locate an already installed

SDL

via 'sdl-config' script.

*

Check for

SDL

libs in directory specified by

SDL_INST_DIR

variable. In this case the module performs

SDL

library detection via '$SDL_INST_DIR/bin/sdl-config' script.

 SDL_INST_DIR=/opt/sdl perl ./Build.PL

*

Download prebuilt

SDL

binaries (if available for your platform).

*

Build

SDL

binaries from source codes (if possible on your system).

Later you can use Alien::SDL in your module that needs to link agains

and/or related libraries like this:

    # Sample Makefile.pl
    use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
    use Alien::SDL;

    WriteMakefile(
      NAME         => 'Any::SDL::Module',
      VERSION_FROM => 'lib/Any/SDL/Module.pm',
      LIBS         => Alien::SDL->config('libs', [-lAdd_Lib]),
      INC          => Alien::SDL->config('cflags'),
      # + additional params
    );

DESCRIPTION

Please see Alien for the manifesto of the Alien namespace.

In short "Alien::SDL" can be used to detect and get configuration settings from an installed

and related libraries. Based on your platform it offers the possibility to download and install prebuilt binaries or to build co. from source codes.

The important facts:

*

The module does not modify in any way the already existing

SDL

installation on your system.

*

If you reinstall

SDL

libs on your system you do not need to reinstall Alien::SDL (providing that you use the same directory for the new installation).

*

The prebuild binaries and/or binaries built from sources are always installed into perl module's 'share' directory.

*

If you use prebuild binaries and/or binaries built from sources it happens that some of the dynamic libraries (*.so, *.dll) will not be automatically loadable as they will be stored somewhere under perl module's 'share' directory. To handle this scenario Alien::SDL offers some special functionality (see below).

METHODS

config()

This function is the main public interface to this module. Basic functionality works in a very similar maner to 'sdl-config' script:

    Alien::SDL->config('prefix');   # gives the same string as 'sdl-config --prefix'
    Alien::SDL->config('version');  # gives the same string as 'sdl-config --version'
    Alien::SDL->config('libs');     # gives the same string as 'sdl-config --libs'
    Alien::SDL->config('cflags');   # gives the same string as 'sdl-config --cflags'

On top of that this function supports special parameters:

    Alien::SDL->config('ld_shared_libs');

Returns a list of full paths to shared libraries (*.so, *.dll) that will be required for running the resulting binaries you have linked with

libs.

    Alien::SDL->config('ld_paths');

Returns a list of full paths to directories with shared libraries (*.so, *.dll) that will be required for running the resulting binaries you have linked with

libs.

    Alien::SDL->config('ld_shlib_map');

Returns a reference to hash of value pairs '<libnick>' => '<full_path_to_shlib'>, where '<libnick>' is shortname for

related library like: SDL_gfx, SDL_net, SDL_sound ... + some non-SDL shortnames e.g. smpeg, jpeg, png.

config('ld_<something>') return an empty list/hash if you have decided to use libraries already installed on your system. This concerns 'sdl-config' detection and detection via '$SDL_INST_DIR/bin/sdl-config'.

check_header()

This function checks the availability of given header(s) when using compiler options provided by ``Alien::SDL->config('cflags')''.

    Alien::SDL->check_header('SDL.h');
    Alien::SDL->check_header('SDL.h', 'SDL_net.h');

Returns 1 if all given headers are available, 0 otherwise.

get_header_version()

Tries to find a header file specified as a param in prefix direcotry and based on ``#define'' macros inside this header file tries to get a version triplet.

    Alien::SDL->get_header_version('SDL_mixer.h');
    Alien::SDL->get_header_version('SDL_version.h');
    Alien::SDL->get_header_version('SDL_gfxPrimitives.h');
    Alien::SDL->get_header_version('SDL_image.h');
    Alien::SDL->get_header_version('SDL_mixer.h');
    Alien::SDL->get_header_version('SDL_net.h');
    Alien::SDL->get_header_version('SDL_ttf.h');
    Alien::SDL->get_header_version('smpeg.h');

Returns string like '1.2.3' or undef if not able to find and parse version info.

BUGS

Please post issues and bugs at <rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Alien-SDL>

AUTHOR

    Kartik Thakore
    CPAN ID: KTHAKORE
    Thakore.Kartik@gmail.com
    yapgh.blogspot.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    kmx - complete redesign between versions 0.7.x and 0.8.x

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the

file included with this module.