A.3. Automake

A.3.1. Official Download Location

Automake (1.7.6): 
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/

A.3.2. Contents of Automake

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

A.3.3.

A.3.4. Short descriptions

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.

ylwrap is a wrapper for lex and yacc.

A.3.5.

A.3.6. Automake Installation Dependencies

Automake depends on: Autoconf, Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed.