Autoconf & automake automatically generate makefile

Autoconf & automake to automatically generate makefile

1. Run autoscan to generate Configure. Scan.

2. Modify Configure. Scan as follows:

Ac_init (hello. c)

Am_init_automake (hello, 1.0) // generated Application name & version number

# Ac_config_header ([config. H]) // mask (not required, related to autoheader)

Ac_output (makefile)

CP Configure. Scan Configure. In (or configure. am)

3. Execute aclocal to generate aclocal. M4.

4. Execute Autoconf to generate configure

5. Compile the makefile. Am document.

Automake_options = foreign

Bin_programs = Hello

Hello_sources = Hello. C // Add dependency file. C. h

6. Execute automake -- add-missing:

Automake generates the makefile. In File Based on the makefile. Am file.

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If the prompt is:

Required file './news' not found

Required file './readme' not found

Required file './authors' not found

Required file './changelog' not found

Run touch news readme authors changelog to create the corresponding directory.

7. Execute./configure to generate makefile.

Note: The preceding example uses hello. C as an example.