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<sect1 id="ch-system-automake" role="wrap">
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<sect1info condition="script">
<productname>automake</productname>
<productnumber>&automake-version;</productnumber>
<address>&automake-url;</address>
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<title>Automake-&automake-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake">
<primary sortas="a-Automake">Automake</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use
with Autoconf.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>&automake-ch6-sbu;</seg>
<seg>&automake-ch6-du;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Automake</title>
<para>Prepare Automake for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/automake-&automake-version;</userinput></screen>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
<para>This takes a long time, about 10 SBUs.</para>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-automake" role="content">
<title>Contents of Automake</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-&automake-version;, automake,
automake-&automake-version;, compile, config.guess, config.sub,
depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs,
py-compile, symlink-tree, and ylwrap</seg>
<seg>/usr/share/aclocal-1.11, /usr/share/automake-1.11,
/usr/share/doc/automake-&automake-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<varlistentry id="acinstall">
<term><command>acinstall</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A script that installs aclocal-style M4 files</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake acinstall">
<primary sortas="b-acinstall">acinstall</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="aclocal">
<term><command>aclocal</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Generates <filename>aclocal.m4</filename> files based on the
contents of <filename>configure.in</filename> files</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal">
<primary sortas="b-aclocal">aclocal</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="aclocalversion">
<term><command>aclocal-&automake-version;</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A hard link to <command>aclocal</command></para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocalversion">
<primary sortas="b-aclocal-&automake-version;">aclocal-&automake-version;</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="automake">
<term><command>automake</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A tool for automatically generating
<filename>Makefile.in</filename> files from
<filename>Makefile.am</filename> files. To create all the
<filename>Makefile.in</filename> files for a package, run this program
in the top-level directory. By scanning the
<filename>configure.in</filename> file, it automatically finds each
appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generates the
corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake">
<primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="automake-version">
<term><command>automake-&automake-version;</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A hard link to <command>automake</command></para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake-version">
<primary sortas="b-automake-&automake-version;">automake-&automake-version;</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="compile">
<term><command>compile</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A wrapper for compilers</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake compile">
<primary sortas="b-compile">compile</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="config.guess">
<term><command>config.guess</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A script that attempts to guess the canonical triplet for
the given build, host, or target architecture</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.guess">
<primary sortas="b-config.guess">config.guess</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="config.sub">
<term><command>config.sub</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A configuration validation subroutine script</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.sub">
<primary sortas="b-config.sub">config.sub</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="depcomp">
<term><command>depcomp</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A script for compiling a program so that dependency information
is generated in addition to the desired output</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake depcomp">
<primary sortas="b-depcomp">depcomp</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="elisp-comp">
<term><command>elisp-comp</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake elisp-comp">
<primary sortas="b-elisp-comp">elisp-comp</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="install-sh">
<term><command>install-sh</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A script that installs a program, script, or data file</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake install-sh">
<primary sortas="b-install-sh">install-sh</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="mdate-sh">
<term><command>mdate-sh</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A script that prints the modification time of a file or
directory</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mdate-sh">
<primary sortas="b-mdate-sh">mdate-sh</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="missing">
<term><command>missing</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs during
an installation</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake missing">
<primary sortas="b-missing">missing</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="mkinstalldirs">
<term><command>mkinstalldirs</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A script that creates a directory tree</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mkinstalldirs">
<primary sortas="b-mkinstalldirs">mkinstalldirs</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="py-compile">
<term><command>py-compile</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Compiles a Python program</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake py-compile">
<primary sortas="b-py-compile">py-compile</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="symlink-tree">
<term><command>symlink-tree</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake symlink-tree">
<primary sortas="b-symlink-tree">symlink-tree</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ylwrap">
<term><command>ylwrap</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A wrapper for <command>lex</command> and
<command>yacc</command></para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake ylwrap">
<primary sortas="b-ylwrap">ylwrap</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
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