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  WriteMakefile_arg = LIBS => [ Alien::libmaxminddb->libs ]

  [Prereqs / DevelopRequires]
  Dist::Zilla = 0
  Dist::Zilla::Plugin::MakeMaker::Awesome = 0

=head1 DESCRIPTION

MaxMind and DP-IP.com provide geolocation databases in the MaxMind DB file
format format.  This Perl module finds or installs the C library libmaxminddb,
which can read MaxMind DB files.

=head1 SUBROUTINES/METHODS

=head2 cflags

  my $cflags = Alien::libmaxminddb->cflags;

Returns the C compiler flags necessary to compile an XS module that uses
libmaxminddb.

=head2 libs

  my $libs = Alien::libmaxminddb->libs;

Returns the library linker flags necessary to link an XS module against
libmaxminddb.

=head2 version

  my $version = Alien::libmaxminddb->version;

Returns the libmaxminddb version.

=head2 install_type

  my $install_type = Alien::libmaxminddb->install_type;

Returns "system" if the library is provided by the operating system or "share"
if the bundled library is used.

=for Pod::Coverage config dynamic_libs bin_dir

=head1 DIAGNOSTICS

None.

=head1 CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

None.

=head1 DEPENDENCIES

Install C<pkg-config> and C<libmaxminddb-devel> or C<libmaxminddb-dev> if you
would like to use your operating system's libmaxminddb library.

=head1 INCOMPATIBILITIES

None.

=head1 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

None known.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Geo::Location::IP>, L<IP::Geolocation::MMDB>

=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to all who have contributed patches and reported bugs:

=over

=item *

Alex Granovskiy

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

Andreas Vögele E<lt>voegelas@cpan.orgE<gt>

=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2026 Andreas Vögele

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.

The libmaxminddb library is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

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