NAME

Perl::Build - perl builder

SYNOPSIS

Install as plenv plugin (Recommended)

% git clone git://github.com/tokuhirom/Perl-Build.git ~/.plenv/plugins/perl-build/

CLI interface without dependencies

# perl-build command is FatPacker ready
% curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tokuhirom/Perl-Build/master/perl-build | perl - 5.16.2 /opt/perl-5.16/

CLI interface

% cpanm Perl::Build
% perl-build 5.16.2 /opt/perl-5.16/

Programmable interface

# install perl from CPAN
my $result = Perl::Build->install_from_cpan(
    '5.16.2' => (
        dst_path          => '/path/to/perl-5.16.2/',
        configure_options => ['-des'],
    )
);

# install perl from tar ball
my $result = Perl::Build->install_from_cpan(
    'path/to/perl-5.16.2.tar.gz' => (
        dst_path          => '/path/to/perl-5.16.2/',
        configure_options => ['-des'],
    )
);

DESCRIPTION

This is yet another perl builder module.

THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT RELEASE. API MAY CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

METHODS

Perl::Build->install_from_cpan($version, %args)

Install $version perl from CPAN. This method fetches tar ball from CPAN, build, and install it.

You can pass following options in %args.

dst_path

Destination directory to install perl.

configure_options : ArrayRef(Optional)

Command line arguments for ./Configure.

(Default: ['-de'])

tarball_dir (Optional)

Temporary directory to put tar ball.

build_dir (Optional)

Temporary directory to build binary.

jobs: Int (Optional)

Parallel building and testing.

(Default: 1)

Perl::Build->install_from_tarball($dist_tarball_path, %args)

Install perl from tar ball. This method extracts tar ball, build, and install.

You can pass following options in %args.

dst_path (Required)

Destination directory to install perl.

configure_options : ArrayRef (Optional)

Command line arguments for ./Configure.

(Default: ['-de'])

build_dir (Optional)

Temporary directory to build binary.

jobs: Int (Optional)

Parallel building and testing.

(Default: 1)

Perl::Build->install(%args)

Build and install Perl5 from extracted source directory.

src_path (Required)

Source code directory to build. That contains extracted Perl5 source code.

dst_path (Required)

Destination directory to install perl.

configure_options : ArrayRef (Optional)

Command line arguments for ./Configure.

(Default: ['-de'])

test: Bool (Optional)

If you set this value as true, Perl::Build runs make test after building.

(Default: 0)

jobs: Int (Optional)

Parallel building and testing.

(Default: 1)

Returns an instance of Perl::Build::Built to facilitate using the built perl from code.

Perl::Build->symlink_devel_executables($bin_dir:Str)

Perl5 binary generated with -Dusedevel, is "perl-5.12.2" form. This method symlinks "perl-5.12.2" to "perl".

FAQ

How can I use patchperl plugins?

If you want to use patchperl plugins, please Google "PERL5_PATCHPERL_PLUGIN".

What's the difference between perlbrew?

perlbrew is a perl5 installation manager. But perl-build is a simple perl5 compilation and installation assistant tool. It makes perl5 installation easily. That's all. perl-build doesn't care about the user's environment.

So, perl-build is just a installer.

THANKS TO

Most of the code was taken from App::perlbrew.

TYPESTER - suggests --patches option

Thanks

AUTHOR

Tokuhiro Matsuno <tokuhirom@gmail.com>

LICENSE

Copyright (C) Tokuhiro Matsuno

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

This software takes lot of the code from App::perlbrew. App::perlbrew's license is:

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2010,2011 Kang-min Liu

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