6.35. Installing Automake-1.7.6

6.35.1. 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

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6.35.3. Automake Installation Dependencies

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

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6.35.5. 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