NAME Alien::xz - Find or build xz VERSION version 0.05 SYNOPSIS In your Build.PL: use Module::Build; use Alien::xz; my $builder = Module::Build->new( ... configure_requires => { 'Alien::xz' => '0', ... }, extra_compiler_flags => Alien::xz->cflags, extra_linker_flags => Alien::xz->libs, ... ); $build->create_build_script; In your Makefile.PL: use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; use Config; use Alien::xz; WriteMakefile( ... CONFIGURE_REQUIRES => { 'Alien::xz' => '0', }, CCFLAGS => Alien::xz->cflags . " $Config{ccflags}", LIBS => [ Alien::xz->libs ], ... ); In your script or module: use Alien::xz; use Env qw( @PATH ); unshift @ENV, Alien::xz->bin_dir; DESCRIPTION This package can be used by other CPAN modules that require xz, the compression utility, or liblzma, which comes with it. HELPERS xz %{xz} Returns the name of the xz command. Usually just xz. SEE ALSO Alien, Alien::Base, Alien::Build::Manual::AlienUser AUTHOR Graham Ollis COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Graham Ollis. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.