1Alien::FFI(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Alien::FFI(3)
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6 Alien::FFI - Build and make available libffi
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9 version 0.25
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12 In your Build.PL:
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14 use Module::Build;
15 use Alien::FFI;
16 my $builder = Module::Build->new(
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18 configure_requires => {
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22 extra_compiler_flags => Alien::FFI->cflags,
23 extra_linker_flags => Alien::FFI->libs,
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27 $build->create_build_script;
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29 In your Makefile.PL:
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35 WriteMakefile(
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40 CCFLAGS => Alien::FFI->cflags . " $Config{ccflags}",
41 LIBS => [ Alien::FFI->libs ],
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46 This distribution installs libffi so that it can be used by other Perl
47 distributions. If already installed for your operating system, and it
48 can be found, this distribution will use the libffi that comes with
49 your operating system, otherwise it will download it from the Internet,
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53 FFI::Platypus
54 Write Perl bindings to non-Perl libraries without C or XS
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56 FFI::CheckLib
57 Check that a library is available for FFI
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60 Author: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
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62 Contributors:
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64 Petr Pisar (ppisar)
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67 This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Graham Ollis.
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69 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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74perl v5.34.0 2022-01-20 Alien::FFI(3)