NAME¶
ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
SYNOPSIS¶
use ExtUtils::Installed;
my ($inst) = ExtUtils::Installed->new();
my (@modules) = $inst->modules();
my (@missing) = $inst->validate("DBI");
my $all_files = $inst->files("DBI");
my $files_below_usr_local = $inst->files("DBI", "all", "/usr/local");
my $all_dirs = $inst->directories("DBI");
my $dirs_below_usr_local = $inst->directory_tree("DBI", "prog");
my $packlist = $inst->packlist("DBI");
DESCRIPTION¶
ExtUtils::Installed provides a standard way to find out what core and module
files have been installed. It uses the information stored in .packlist files
created during installation to provide this information. In addition it
provides facilities to classify the installed files and to extract directory
information from the .packlist files.
USAGE¶
The
new() function searches for all the installed .packlists on the
system, and stores their contents. The .packlists can be queried with the
functions described below. Where it searches by default is determined by the
settings found in %Config::Config, and what the value is of the PERL5LIB
environment variable.
METHODS¶
Unless specified otherwise all method can be called as class methods, or as
object methods. If called as class methods then the "default" object
will be used, and if necessary created using the current processes %Config and
@INC. See the 'default' option to
new() for details.
- new()
- This takes optional named parameters. Without parameters,
this searches for all the installed .packlists on the system using
information from %Config::Config and the default module search paths @INC.
The packlists are read using the ExtUtils::Packlist module.
If the named parameter "config_override" is specified, it should
be a reference to a hash which contains all information usually found in
%Config::Config. For example, you can obtain the configuration information
for a separate perl installation and pass that in.
my $yoda_cfg = get_fake_config('yoda');
my $yoda_inst = ExtUtils::Installed->new(config_override=>$yoda_cfg);
Similarly, the parameter "inc_override" may be a reference to an
array which is used in place of the default module search paths from @INC.
use Config;
my @dirs = split(/\Q$Config{path_sep}\E/, $ENV{PERL5LIB});
my $p5libs = ExtUtils::Installed->new(inc_override=>\@dirs);
Note: You probably do not want to use these options alone, almost
always you will want to set both together.
The parameter c<extra_libs> can be used to specify additional
paths to search for installed modules. For instance
my $installed = ExtUtils::Installed->new(extra_libs=>["/my/lib/path"]);
This should only be necessary if "/my/lib/path" is not in
PERL5LIB.
Finally there is the 'default', and the related 'default_get' and
'default_set' options. These options control the "default"
object which is provided by the class interface to the methods. Setting
"default_get" to true tells the constructor to return the
default object if it is defined. Setting "default_set" to true
tells the constructor to make the default object the constructed object.
Setting the "default" option is like setting both to true. This
is used primarily internally and probably isn't interesting to any real
user.
- modules()
- This returns a list of the names of all the installed
modules. The perl 'core' is given the special name 'Perl'.
- files()
- This takes one mandatory parameter, the name of a module.
It returns a list of all the filenames from the package. To obtain a list
of core perl files, use the module name 'Perl'. Additional parameters are
allowed. The first is one of the strings "prog", "doc"
or "all", to select either just program files, just manual files
or all files. The remaining parameters are a list of directories. The
filenames returned will be restricted to those under the specified
directories.
- directories()
- This takes one mandatory parameter, the name of a module.
It returns a list of all the directories from the package. Additional
parameters are allowed. The first is one of the strings "prog",
"doc" or "all", to select either just program
directories, just manual directories or all directories. The remaining
parameters are a list of directories. The directories returned will be
restricted to those under the specified directories. This method returns
only the leaf directories that contain files from the specified
module.
- directory_tree()
- This is identical in operation to directories(),
except that it includes all the intermediate directories back up to the
specified directories.
- validate()
- This takes one mandatory parameter, the name of a module.
It checks that all the files listed in the modules .packlist actually
exist, and returns a list of any missing files. If an optional second
argument which evaluates to true is given any missing files will be
removed from the .packlist
- packlist()
- This returns the ExtUtils::Packlist object for the
specified module.
- version()
- This returns the version number for the specified
module.
EXAMPLE¶
See the example in ExtUtils::Packlist.
AUTHOR¶
Alan Burlison <Alan.Burlison@uk.sun.com>