GNU Automake Reference Manual

Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. Automake requires the use of Autoconf.

The Automake Reference Manual provides beginners with a simple introduction to the basics, and experts will find advanced details they need.

In this you will see the following things below.

- 1 Introduction",

- 2 An Introduction to the Autotools",

- 3 General ideas",

- 4 Some example packages",

- 5 Creating a Makefile.in",

- 6 Scanning configure.ac, using aclocal",

- 7 Directories",

- 8 Building Programs and Libraries",

- 9 Other Derived Objects",

- 10 Other GNU Tools",

- 11 Building documentation",

- 12 What Gets Installed",

- 13 What Gets Cleaned",

- 14 What Goes in a Distribution",

- 15 Support for test suites",

- 16 Rebuilding Makefiles",

- 17 Changing Automake’s Behavior",

- 18 Miscellaneous Rules",

- 19 Include",

- 20 Conditionals",

- 21 Silencing make",

- 22 The effect of --gnu and --gnits",

- 23 When Automake Isn’t Enough",

- 24 Distributing Makefile.ins",

- 25 Automake API Versioning",

- 26 Upgrading a Package to a Newer Automake Version",

- 27 Frequently Asked Questions about Automake",

- Appendix A Copying This Manual",

- Appendix B Indices",

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