Top "Autotools" questions

Autotools is a suite of programming tools (mainly autoconf, automake, and libtool) designed to assist in making source-code packages portable to many Unix-like systems.

How to create a shared library (.so) in an automake script?

Given some source file test.cpp I would like to create a shared library libtest.so . I am trying to …

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Why do shell script comparisons often use x$VAR = xyes?

I see this often in the build scripts of projects that use autotools (autoconf, automake). When somebody wants to check …

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How do I convert an Autotools project to a CMake project?

So there seems to be a lot of writing on the subject of Autotools vs. CMake, but for the life …

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Howto add a link to a library in autoconf configure script / makefile

I am an autotools newb and I have difficulties figuring out howto easily link a specific library into one of …

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Autotools vs CMake for both Windows and Linux compilation

I have been looking for pros & cons of Autotools and CMake. But I would like to know opinions from …

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Alternatives to Autoconf and Autotools?

I'm a very frequent user of the GNU Autotools (mostly Autoconf, occasionally Libtool). I'm working on a project where portability …

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Can CMake generate a configure file?

I need the configure file to transpile from C++ to JS, I'm trying to use emscripten in a project. Emscripten …

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Automake error './ltmain.sh' not found

I've installed mingw and msys by using mingw-get-setup.exe. I've also installed Autotools(autoconf, automake,m4,libtool) into C:\/opt/…

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PKG_CHECK_MODULES considered harmful?

Various developers discourage the usage of the PKG_CHECK_MODULES (for example, in this answer) but there is no clear, …

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Building a library using autotools from cmake

This is my first try with cmake and I would like to have, if possible, some feedbacks about what I …

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