Installing Automake-1.5

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Installation of Automake

Install Automake by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make install

Contents

The Automake package contains the aclocal and automake programs

Description

aclocal

Automake includes a number of Autoconf macros which can be used in packages; some of them are actually required by Automake in certain situations. These macros must be defined in the aclocal.m4-file; otherwise they will not be seen by autoconf.

The aclocal program will automatically generate aclocal.m4 files based on the contents of configure.in. This provides a convenient way to get Automake-provided macros, without having to search around. Also, the aclocal mechanism is extensible for use by other packages.

automake

To create all the Makefile.in's for a package, run the automake program in the top level directory, with no arguments. automake will automatically find each appropriate Makefile.am (by scanning configure.in) and generate the corresponding Makefile.in.

Dependencies

Automake-1.5 needs the following to be installed:


sh from the bash package

cmp from the diffutils package

chmod from the fileutils package
cp from the fileutils package
ls from the fileutils package
mkdir from the fileutils package
mv from the fileutils package
rm from the fileutils package

grep from the grep package

make from the make package

perl from the perl package

sed from the sed package

basename from the sh-utils package
expr from the sh-utils package
sleep from the sh-utils package

cat from the textutils package
tr from the textutils package