NAME Alien::libpcre - Find or download and install libpcre (The "Perl Compatible" Regular Expressions library) VERSION version 0.01 SYNOPSIS In your Makefile.PL: use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; use Alien::Base::Wrapper (); WriteMakefile( Alien::Base::Wrapper->new('Alien::libpcre')->mm_args2( # MakeMaker args NAME => 'My::XS', ... ), ); In your Build.PL: use Module::Build; use Alien::Base::Wrapper qw( Alien::libpcre !export ); my $builder = Module::Build->new( ... configure_requires => { 'Alien::libpcre' => '0', ... }, Alien::Base::Wrapper->mb_args, ... ); $build->create_build_script; In your FFI::Platypus script or module: use FFI::Platypus; use Alien::libpcre; my $ffi = FFI::Platypus->new( lib => [ Alien::libpcre->dynamic_libs ], ); DESCRIPTION This distribution provides pcre so that it can be used by other Perl distributions that are on CPAN. It does this by first trying to detect an existing install of pcre on your system. If found it will use that. If it cannot be found, the source code will be downloaded from the internet and it will be installed in a private share location for the use of other modules. SEE ALSO Alien, Alien::Base, Alien::Build::Manual::AlienUser CAVEATS The pcre, is not, as the name might suggest, actually compatible with modern Perl regular expressions. AUTHOR Graham Ollis COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2020 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.