NAME

       Alien::Build::Manual::Alien - General alien author documentation

VERSION

       version 2.80

SYNOPSIS

        perldoc Alien::Build::Manual::Alien

DESCRIPTION

       The goal of the Alien namespace is to provide non-CPAN dependencies (so called "Alien"
       dependencies) for CPAN modules. The history and intent of this idea is documented in the
       documentation-only Alien module.  The "Alien-Build" distribution provides a framework for
       building aliens. The intent is to fix bugs and enhance the interface of a number of common
       tools so that all aliens may benefit. The distribution is broken up into these parts:

       The Alien Installer (configure / build-time)
           Alien::Build and alienfile are used to detect and install aliens. They are further
           documented in Alien::Build::Manual::AlienAuthor.

       The Alien Runtime (runtime)
           Alien::Base is the base class for aliens in the "Alien-Build" system. Its use by Alien
           consumers is documented in Alien::Build::Manual::AlienUser.

       The Plugin system (configure / build-time)
           Because many packages are implemented using different tools, the detection, build and
           install logic for a particular Alien can vary a lot.  As such, much of Alien::Build is
           implemented as a series of plugins that inherit from Alien::Build::Plugin.  An
           overview of building your own plugins is documented in
           Alien::Build::Manual::PluginAuthor.

       Additional useful documentation may be found here:

       FAQ Alien::Build::Manual::FAQ

       Contributing
           Alien::Build::Manual::Contributing

SEE ALSO

       Alien::Build::Manual
           Other Alien::Build manuals.

AUTHOR

       Author: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

       Contributors:

       Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)

       Roy Storey (KIWIROY)

       Ilya Pavlov

       David Mertens (run4flat)

       Mark Nunberg (mordy, mnunberg)

       Christian Walde (Mithaldu)

       Brian Wightman (MidLifeXis)

       Zaki Mughal (zmughal)

       mohawk (mohawk2, ETJ)

       Vikas N Kumar (vikasnkumar)

       Flavio Poletti (polettix)

       Salvador Fandiño (salva)

       Gianni Ceccarelli (dakkar)

       Pavel Shaydo (zwon, trinitum)

       Kang-min Liu (劉康民, gugod)

       Nicholas Shipp (nshp)

       Juan Julián Merelo Guervós (JJ)

       Joel Berger (JBERGER)

       Petr Písař (ppisar)

       Lance Wicks (LANCEW)

       Ahmad Fatoum (a3f, ATHREEF)

       José Joaquín Atria (JJATRIA)

       Duke Leto (LETO)

       Shoichi Kaji (SKAJI)

       Shawn Laffan (SLAFFAN)

       Paul Evans (leonerd, PEVANS)

       Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH)

       nick nauwelaerts (INPHOBIA)

       Florian Weimer

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2011-2022 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.