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automake-1.16: Autotools Introduction

 
 2 An Introduction to the Autotools
 **********************************
 
 If you are new to Automake, maybe you know that it is part of a set of
 tools called _The Autotools_.  Maybe you’ve already delved into a
 package full of files named ‘configure’, ‘configure.ac’, ‘Makefile.in’,
 ‘Makefile.am’, ‘aclocal.m4’, ..., some of them claiming to be _generated
 by_ Autoconf or Automake.  But the exact purpose of these files and
 their relations is probably fuzzy.  The goal of this chapter is to
 introduce you to this machinery, to show you how it works and how
 powerful it is.  If you’ve never installed or seen such a package, do
 not worry: this chapter will walk you through it.
 
    If you need some teaching material, more illustrations, or a less
 ‘automake’-centered continuation, some slides for this introduction are
 available in Alexandre Duret-Lutz’s Autotools Tutorial
 (https://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html).  This chapter is the
 written version of the first part of his tutorial.
 

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· GNU Build System            Introducing the GNU Build System
· Use Cases                   Use Cases for the GNU Build System
· Why Autotools               How Autotools Help
· Hello World                 A Small Hello World Package
 

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