Use Autoconf and automake to generate makefile

Http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/linux/l-makefile/

Generate the ins and outs of makefile

First, go to the project directory, run a series of commands in the directory, and create and modify several files to generate makefile files that match the platform. The procedure is as follows:

1) run the autoscan command

2) Rename Configure. Scan to configure. In and modify the configure. In file.

3) create a makefile. Am file in the project directory, and create a makefile. Am file in the core and shell directories.

4) create news, README, changelog, and authors files in the project directory

5) copy the depcomp and complie files under the/usr/share/automake-1.X/directory to the local directory

6) run the aclocal command

7) run the Autoconf command

8) run the automake-a command.

9) run the./confiugre script.

You can see in Figure 2 the process of generating makefile ,:

Figure 2 generate makefile Flowchart