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Autotools: how to cleanup files created by "./configure" in lighttpd project?

I'm trying out lighttpd for an embedded Linux project. I got the latest source package and started writing a master …

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GNU autotools: Debug/Release targets?

I've been looking for this for a while: I'm currently converting a medium-size program to autotools, coming from an Eclipse-based …

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How can I define #define in my Make files

In my c/c++ files, there are multiple #define. As an example: #ifdef LIBVNCSERVER_HAVE_LIBZ /* some code */ #ifdef LIBVNCSERVER_…

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What's the point of aclocal?

What's the point of the aclocal script and aclocal.m4 file, in context of using autotools to configure source files? …

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Error in automake

I’ve trying to create install package for hello world sample C program. I’ve done following staps. autoscan mv …

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Can't run Makefile.am, what should I do?

I got a C project to compile and run in Linux. It is a very big project with many subdirectories. …

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Autotools - tar This does not look like a tar archive

After running make distcheck I get the message that I have successfully built the package and is ready for distribution. …

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how to set include paths with autotools

I'm working on a C++ project that uses autoconf & automake, and I'm struggling to correctly set up the include …

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Where to add a CFLAG, such as -std=gnu99, into an autotools project

I have a simple Autotools C project (not C++). CFLAGs (by inspection) seem to be -g -O2. I want all …

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automake error: no proper invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE was found

I am new in autotools, and following this tutorial. but I could not solve this errors, $ automake configure.ac: error: …

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