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    If you just want to compress or decompress bzip2 data in Perl you
    probably want one of Compress::Bzip2, Compress::Raw::Bzip2 or
    IO::Compress::Bzip2.

    This distribution contains the logic for finding existing bz2 installs,
    and building new ones. If you do not care much about the version of bz2
    that you use, and bz2 is not an optional requirement, then you are
    probably more interested in using Alien::bz2.

    Where Alien::bz2::Installer is useful is when you have specific version
    requirements (say you require 3.0.x but 2.7.x will not do), but would
    still like to use the system bz2 if it is available.

CLASS METHODS

    Class methods can be executed without creating an instance of
    Alien::bz2::Installer, and generally used to query status of bz2
    availability (either via the system or the internet). Methods that
    discover a system bz2 or build a one from source code on the Internet
    will generally return an instance of Alien::bz2::Installer which can be
    queried to retrieve the settings needed to interact with bz2 via XS or

lib/Alien/bz2/Installer.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

probably want one of L<Compress::Bzip2>, L<Compress::Raw::Bzip2>
or L<IO::Compress::Bzip2>.

This distribution contains the logic for finding existing bz2
installs, and building new ones.  If you do not care much about the
version of bz2 that you use, and bz2 is not an optional
requirement, then you are probably more interested in using
L<Alien::bz2>.

Where L<Alien::bz2::Installer> is useful is when you have
specific version requirements (say you require 3.0.x but 2.7.x
will not do), but would still like to use the system bz2
if it is available.

=head1 CLASS METHODS

Class methods can be executed without creating an instance of
L<Alien::bz2::Installer>, and generally used to query
status of bz2 availability (either via the system or the
internet).  Methods that discover a system bz2 or build
a one from source code on the Internet will generally return