Automake
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GNU Automake is a software development tool to automate parts of the compilation process. It eases common compilation problems. For example, it points to needed dependencies.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Automake
- Software.logo
- Heckert GNU white.svg
- Software.logo size
- 150px
- Software.developer
- GNU Project
- Software.operating system
- Cross-platform
- Software.genre
- Programming tool
- Software.license
- GNU General Public License
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- GNU build system
- Movement
- free software movement
- Developer
- GNU Project
- Official website
- www.gnu.org/software/automake
- Image
- Autoconf-automake-process.svg
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- user manual URL
- www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
- operating system
- Unix-like operating system
- software version identifier
- 1.18.1
- programmed in
- Q42478
- source code repository URL
- ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake
- copyright holder
- Q48413
- issue tracker URL
- debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=automake
- Commons category
- GNU Automake
- mailing list archive URL
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake
- inception
- 1994-09-19
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Process
- Design
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
GNU Automake is a software development tool to automate parts of the compilation process. It eases common compilation problems. For example, it points to needed dependencies.
It automatically generates one or more Makefile.in from files called Makefile.am. Each Makefile.am contains, among other things, useful variable definitions for the compiled software, such as compiler and linker flags, dependencies and their versions, etc. The generated "Makefile.in"s are portable and compliant with the Makefile conventions in the GNU Coding Standards, and may be used by configure scripts to generate a working Makefile.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Automake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.