FindPerlLibs

Finds Perl libraries:

find_package(PerlLibs [<version>] [...])

Perl is a general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language.

This module detects whether Perl interpreter is installed via the FindPerl module and determines the locations of Perl include paths, libraries, and the library name.

Result Variables

This module defines the following variables:

PerlLibs_FOUND

Added in version 3.3.

Boolean indicating whether (the requested version of) <perl.h> and libperl were found.

PerlLibs_VERSION

Added in version 4.2.

The version of Perl library found.

PERL_SITESEARCH

Path to the sitesearch install directory (-V:installsitesearch).

PERL_SITEARCH

Path to the sitelib install directory (-V:installsitearch).

PERL_SITELIB

Path to the sitelib install directory (-V:installsitelib).

PERL_VENDORARCH

Path to the vendor arch install directory (-V:installvendorarch).

PERL_VENDORLIB

Path to the vendor lib install directory (-V:installvendorlib).

PERL_ARCHLIB

Path to the core arch lib install directory (-V:archlib).

PERL_PRIVLIB

Path to the core priv lib install directory (-V:privlib).

PERL_UPDATE_ARCHLIB

Path to the update arch lib install directory (-V:installarchlib).

PERL_UPDATE_PRIVLIB

Path to the update priv lib install directory (-V:installprivlib).

PERL_EXTRA_C_FLAGS

Compilation flags used to build Perl.

Cache Variables

The following cache variables may also be set:

PERL_INCLUDE_PATH

Directory containing perl.h and other Perl header files.

PERL_LIBRARY

Path to the libperl.

PERL_EXECUTABLE

Full path to the perl executable.

Deprecated Variables

The following variables are provided for backward compatibility:

PERLLIBS_FOUND

Deprecated since version 4.2: Use PerlLibs_FOUND, which has the same value.

Boolean indicating whether (the requested version of) <perl.h> and libperl were found.

Examples

Finding Perl libraries and specifying the minimum required version:

find_package(PerlLibs 6.0)

See Also

• The FindPerl module to find the Perl interpreter.