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.

why is "autoreconf" not used often?

I am newbie of Autotools. From my understanding, one would use the following basic steps to build software using Autotools: …

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Placing header files in a subdirectory of /usr/include with automake?

If I write a library, and have header files for development included, and have a src/Makefile.am like this: …

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How do I get rid of LD_LIBRARY_PATH at run-time?

I am building a C++ application that uses Intel's IPP library. This library is installed by default in /opt and …

c++ g++ shared-libraries autotools intel-ipp
Autotools check for C++11

I use AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_0X(can look on autoconf-archive) to check for c++11 capabilities of the compiler. It …

c++ c++11 autotools autoconf
autogen.sh: You need gtk-doc to build this package

I want to compile LXDE's libfm from source, but when I run ./autogen.sh, it fails with this error: You …

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AS_IF and AC_MSG_ERROR: error: possibly undefined macro

I encounter such errors when trying to build libnice-0.1.10. For solution, I am following possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR, …

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possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL

I want to build protobuf,so I just clone the package and cd in the directory. When I type ./autogen.…

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How to NOT print in the output a comment in a makefile

I have a makefile that is like this: install: @somecommand #some explanation for next command @lastcommand What happens is that …

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How can I use Google Test with my project that builds via autotools?

It seems like there are a few answers that kind-of, sort-of make sense, but that I don't know how to …

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Install arbitrary data files in fixed location with Automake?

How can I tell automake to install arbitrary data files in places I want? I have some files I need …

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