use 5.008; use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; # here we check out if we have our prerequisites unless(-f 'libkdb.a') { print "I can't see a libkdb.a You need to download c.o from http://kx.com/q/ and build a library I can use (libkdb.a). Once you have that rerun perl Makefile.PL To build a library try something like this. ar -r libkdb.a c.o or libtool -static -o libkdb.a c.o perl Makefile.PL make make test # you must have a 'q' process running on port 2222 (q -p 2222) make install "; ExtUtils::MakeMaker::WriteEmptyMakefile(); exit; } # See lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for details of how to influence # the contents of the Makefile that is written. WriteMakefile( NAME => 'Kx', VERSION_FROM => 'lib/Kx.pm', # finds $VERSION PREREQ_PM => {}, # e.g., Module::Name => 1.1 ($] >= 5.005 ? ## Add these new keywords supported since 5.005 (ABSTRACT_FROM => 'lib/Kx.pm', # retrieve abstract from module AUTHOR => 'mark pfeiffer ') : ()), LIBS => ['-L. -lkdb'], # e.g., '-lm' DEFINE => '', # e.g., '-DHAVE_SOMETHING' INC => '-I.', # e.g., '-I. -I/usr/include/other' # Un-comment this if you add C files to link with later: #OBJECT => '$(c.o)', # link all the C files too ); if (eval {require ExtUtils::Constant; 1}) { # If you edit these definitions to change the constants used by this module, # you will need to use the generated const-c.inc and const-xs.inc # files to replace their "fallback" counterparts before distributing your # changes. my @names = (qw(KB KC KD KE KF KG KH KI KJ KM KS KT KU KV KZ XD XT)); ExtUtils::Constant::WriteConstants( NAME => 'Kx', NAMES => \@names, DEFAULT_TYPE => 'IV', C_FILE => 'const-c.inc', XS_FILE => 'const-xs.inc', ); } else { use File::Copy; use File::Spec; foreach my $file ('const-c.inc', 'const-xs.inc') { my $fallback = File::Spec->catfile('fallback', $file); copy ($fallback, $file) or die "Can't copy $fallback to $file: $!"; } }