Installing Automake-1.7.6

Estimated build time:           5.3 SBU
Estimated required disk space:  6.8 MB

Contents of Automake

(Last checked against version 1.7.6.)

Automake generates Makefile.in files, intended for use with Autoconf.

Installed programs: acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-1.7, automake, automake-1.7, compile, config.guess, config.sub, depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs, py-compile, ylwrap

Automake Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 1.5.)

Bash: sh
Coreutils: cat, chmod, echo, expr, hostname, install, ls, mkdir,
             mv, rm, rmdir, sleep, tr
Diffutils: cmp
Grep: fgrep, grep
Make: make
Perl: perl
Sed: sed
Texinfo: install-info

Installation of Automake

Prepare Automake for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so:

make check

Install the package:

make install

And create a necessary symbolic link:

ln -s automake-1.7 /usr/share/automake