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GNU Autoconf creates a shell script `configure` that is used to configure software for compilation for UNIX-like operating systems.

GNU Autoconf creates a shell script configure that is used to configure software for compilation for UNIX-like operating systems. It is extensible through the use of shell script and m4 macros. It is frequently used with GNU Automake and GNU Libtool (collectively known as Autotools).

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How to package data files with GNU's autoconf and automake

I am a rather new C++ programmer. I have made a very simple game using SDL libraries. My game, naturally, uses some images, sounds and fonts. I have wanted to make a distribution of the package, where user's can configure && make . It's not like…
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How do I modify the install name of a .dylib at build time

I am building the google-gflags commandline flags library for C++ on Mac OS X (10.7.1). The build process is as such: $ ./configure --prefix=output $ make $ make install I'd like to change the install name of the generated shared library at build…
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Run configure in gyp file

Suppose I have a node module which is essentially a wrapper around some standard C library using autotools. So the library by itself would be installed using ./configure and make and perhaps make install. The wrapper code is just a few files, and…
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Recommended way to use Autoconf Archive macros and other 3rd party macros

I found several useful macros in the Autoconf Archive, and also a useful m4 file which helps test Boost library support. The Autoconf Archive is hosted by GNU and the Boost m4 helper is hosted as a GitHub repo. I'd like to use them in a C++ project…
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How do you set the order of libraries in automake?

How do you set the order of libraries in automake? In my am file I have something like: myprog_DEPENDENCIES = adhoc-target myprog_SOURCES = myprog.c myprog_LDADD = libmine.la myprog_LDFLAGS = -static -L/home/user/lib -ladhoc Now, when I compile I…
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Make autoconf "check" target without running it

Is there a way to compile the "check" target of an autoconf project without running it? I have Eclipse Juno with the "C/C++ Unit Test" plugin. I would like to be able to make the check target, then run it in the context of the plugin so that I can…
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autoconf using sh, I need SHELL=BASH, how do I force autoconf to use bash?

I'm running autoconf and configure sets SHELL to '/bin/sh'. This creates huge problems. How to force SHELL to be '/bin/bash' for autoconf? I'm trying to get this running on osx, it's working on linux. Linux is using SHELL=/bin/bash. osx defaults to…
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How to get fully expanded variables out of configure?

I created a configure.ac file like this: AC_INIT() set the purpose of this is to print every available environment variable the configure script creates using set, so I do this: user@host:~$ autoconf user@host:~$ ./configure which prints a bunch…
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How to point autoconf/automake to non-standard packages

I'm trying to build ZooKeeper on a RedHat Linux box. (Exactly what ZooKeeper is is probably not important :-) When I follow the package instructions, I get: $ autoreconf -if aclocal:configure.ac:33: warning: macro `AM_PATH_CPPUNIT' not found in…
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Passing environment variables to autoconf's `./configure`

What are the differences between FOO=bar ./configure and ./configure FOO=bar, where ./configure is a script generate by autoconf from a configure.am? I know that the former sets the environment variable FOO to bar before running the script…
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Autotools library and object file output control

My goal is to have all object files built in a .objs directory instead of the root of the Makefile, and to have the binaries (and libraries) copied into the project's bin/ directory. But I have been unable to find any resources to explain how to do…
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Tell a configure script to use a relative path for --datarootdir

I have used GNU autoconf to generate a configure script for a program of mine, which I am now trying to cross-compile for Windows. Under Linux, to change the location of the data files I supply --datarootdir=/blah which works fine. Under Windows…
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How do I combine AC_SUBST and AC_DEFINE?

I've a configure.ac file containing lines like: AC_DEFINE(CONF_XDISP, ":8", "X screen number") These constants are used in the C source for setting compile defaults. I also have a configuration file conf/bumblebee.conf in which these defaults need…
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Install binaries into /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, interactions with --prefix and DESTDIR

Most packages using Autotools are user-level utilities or at least high-enough level to be completely under /usr, or low enough to be entirely below /usr. I'm writing a package that would need to install some files into /bin, some into /sbin,…
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autoconf error on ubuntu 11.04

i've been googling and installing libraries for a while, but I couldn't quite handle this problem with autoconf. i have downloaded a program that i want to compile, made a few changes, and need to run autogen.sh and ./configure and make install…
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