NAME Alien::Autotools - Build and install the GNU build system. VERSION version 1.01 SYNOPSIS From Perl: use Alien::Autotools; use Env qw( @PATH @ACLOCAL_PATH ); unshift @PATH, Alien::Autotools->bin_dir; unshift @ACLOCAL_PATH, Alien::Autotools->aclocal_dir; system 'autoconf', ...; From alienfile: use alienfile; share { requires 'Alien::Autotools'; }; DESCRIPTION This Alien provides the minimum tools requires for building autoconf based projects which do not come bundled with a working configure script. It currently delegates most of its responsibilities to Alien::autoconf, Alien::automake, Alien::libtool, and Alien::m4. METHODS bin_dir my @dirs = Alien::Autotools->bin_dir; Returns the list of directories that need to be added to PATH in order for the autotools to work correctly. aclocal_dir my @dirs = Alien::Autotools->aclocal_dir; Returns the list of directories that need to be added to ACLOCAL_PATH in order for the autotools to work correctly. versions my %versions = Alien::Autotools->versions; Returns the versions of the various autotools that are available. autoconf_dir # legacy interface use Alien:::Autotools qw( autoconf_dir ); my $dir = autoconf_dir; Returns the directory path to autoconf automake_dir # legacy interface use Alien:::Autotools qw( automake_dir ); my $dir = automake_dir; Returns the directory path to automake libtool_dir # legacy interface use Alien:::Autotools qw( libtool_dir ); my $dir = libtool_dir; Returns the directory path to libtool SEE ALSO Alien Alien::Build alienfile Alien::autoconf Alien::automake Alien::libtool Alien::m4 AUTHOR Original author: Richard Simões Current maintainer: Graham Ollis COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by Richard Simões. This is free software, licensed under: The GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3, June 2007