ExtUtils::PkgConfig (3)

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NAME

ExtUtils::PkgConfig - simplistic interface to pkg-config

SYNOPSIS

 use ExtUtils::PkgConfig;

 $package = 'gtk+-2.0';

 %pkg_info = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->find ($package);
 print "modversion:  $pkg_info{modversion}\n";
 print "cflags:      $pkg_info{cflags}\n";
 print "libs:        $pkg_info{libs}\n";

 $modversion = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->modversion($package);

 $libs = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->libs($package);

 $cflags = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->cflags($package);

 $cflags_only_I = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->cflags_only_I($package);

 $cflags_only_other = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->cflags_only_other($package);

 $libs_only_L = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->libs_only_L($package);

 $libs_only_l = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->libs_only_l($package);

 $libs_only_other = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->libs_only_other($package);

 $static_libs = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->static_libs($package);

 $var_value = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->variable($package, $var);

 if (ExtUtils::PkgConfig->atleast_version($package,$version)) {
    ...
 }

 if (ExtUtils::PkgConfig->exact_version($package,$version)) {
    ...
 }

 if (ExtUtils::PkgConfig->max_version($package,$version)) {
    ...
 }

DESCRIPTION

The pkg-config program retrieves information about installed libraries, usually for the purposes of compiling against and linking to them.

ExtUtils::PkgConfig is a very simplistic interface to this utility, intended for use in the Makefile.PL of perl extensions which bind libraries that pkg-config knows. It is really just boilerplate code that you would've written yourself.

USAGE

HASH

= ExtUtils::PkgConfig->find (

STRING,

[

STRING, ...

])

Call pkg-config on the library specified by

STRING

(you'll have to know what to use here). The returned

HASH

contains the modversion, cflags, and libs values under keys with those names. If multiple

STRINGS

are passed they are attempted in the order they are given till a working package is found.

If pkg-config fails to find a working

STRING

, this function croaks with a message intended to be helpful to whomever is attempting to compile your package.

For example:

  *** can not find package bad1
  *** check that it is properly installed and available
  *** in PKG_CONFIG_PATH

or

  *** can't find cflags for gtk+-2.0
  *** is it properly installed and available in PKG_CONFIG_PATH?

STRING

= ExtUtils::PkgConfig->create_version_macros (

PACKAGE, STEM

)

Create a set of version macros with the prefix

STEM

for the library specified by

PACKAGE

. The result is returned.

Example input would be ``gtk+-2.0'' for

PACKAGE

and ``

GTK''

for

STEM

.

ExtUtils::PkgConfig->write_version_macros (

FILE, PACKAGE, STEM,

[

PACKAGE, STEM, ...

])

Create one or more sets of version macros for the libraries and prefixes specified by the

PACKAGE

and

STEM

pairs and write them to the file

FILE

. If it doesn't exist,

FILE

will be created. If it does exist, it will be overwritten.

SEE ALSO

ExtUtils::PkgConfig was designed to work with ExtUtils::Depends for compiling the various modules of the gtk2-perl project.

  L<ExtUtils::Depends>

  L<gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net>

This module is really just an interface to the pkg-config utility program. www.freedesktop.org/Software/pkgconfig

AUTHORS

muppet <scott at asofyet dot org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2003-2004, 2012-2013 by muppet, Ross McFarland, and the gtk2-perl team

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Lesser General Public License (

). For more information, see www.fsf.org/licenses/lgpl.txt