The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf.
Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU Required disk space: 6.8 MB
Automake installation depends on: Autoconf, Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed.
Prepare Automake for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr
Compile the package:
make
To test the results, issue: make check. This takes a long time, about 5 SBUs.
Install the package:
make install
Installed programs: acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-1.8, automake, automake-1.8, compile, config.guess, config.sub, depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs, py-compile, symlink-tree, ylwrap
acinstall is a script that installs aclocal-style M4 files.
aclocal generates aclocal.m4 files based on the contents of configure.in files.
automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in's from files called Makefile.am. To create all the Makefile.in files for a package, run this program in the top-level directory. By scanning the configure.ins it automatically finds each appropriate Makefile.am and generate the corresponding Makefile.in.
compile is a wrapper for compilers.
config.guess is a script that attempts to guess the canonical triplet for the given build, host, or target architecture.
config.sub is a configuration validation subroutine script.
depcomp is a script for compiling a program so that not only the desired output is generated, but also dependency information.
elisp-comp byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code.
install-sh is a script that installs a program, a script, or a datafile.
mdate-sh is a script that prints the modification time of a file or directory.
missing is a script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs during an installation.
mkinstalldirs is a script that creates a directory tree.
py-compile compiles a Python program.
symlink-tree is a script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree.