NAME

Module::Install::CheckLib - A Module::Install extension to check that a library is available

SYNOPSIS

  # In Makefile.PL

  use inc::Module::Install;
  checklibs lib => 'jpeg', header => 'jpeglib.h';

The Makefile.PL will exit unless library or header is found.

DESCRIPTION

Module::Install::CheckLib is a Module::Install extension that integrates Devel::CheckLib so that CPAN authors may stipulate which particular C library and its headers they want available and to exit the Makefile.PL gracefully if they aren't.

The author specifies which C libraries, etc, they want available. Devel::CheckLib is copied to the inc/ directory along with the Module::Install files.

On the module user side, the bundled inc/ Devel::CheckLib determines whether the current environment is supported or not and will exit accordingly.

COMMANDS

This plugin adds the following Module::Install command:

checklibs: Requires a list of parameters. These are passed directly to Devel::CheckLib check_lib_or_exit function. Please consult the documentation for Devel::CheckLib for more details on what these parameters are.

AUTHOR

Chris BinGOs Williams

Based on use-devel-checklib by David Cantrell

LICENSE

This module may be used, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. Please see the license that came with your Perl distribution for details.

CPAN RT