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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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error when compiling -- using autogen generated makefile

I am trying to compile a libwebsocket package, procedure used is :-- ./autogen ./configure make I am getting libtool error at make time :--- make make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory…
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Jamfile - "Unknow rule" - How to read into it

I am trying to compile this project - It compiles perfectly in Linux(ubuntu). But I want it to work on Windows. So I installed MinGW (which comes with Jamplus installed) - and went ahead installing all the libs needed for the project. After doing…
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Checking for a C++ compiler's presence

The GNU documentation for AC_PROG_CXX states that: Otherwise, if the macro is invoked without an argument, then search for a C++ compiler under the likely names (first g++ and c++ then other names). If none of those checks succeed, then as a…
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AM_CONDITIONAL testing size of type

I would like to define PLATFORM64 if SIZEOF_VOIDP equals 8, the configure snippet below don't work but shows what I would like to achieve. Is there a way of doing this in my configure script? # Get size of void* AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(void*) # Determine…
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GNU make use file as target in SUFFIXES

Makefile is using .SUFFIXES: .ext1 .ext1: echo bla bla I have a configuration file path/to/abc.ext1 so make path/to/abc works fine. I want make path/to/abc.ext1 to work as well. It would be great if I can reuse existing .ext1 target.
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Automake not including object files in built static library

I currently have a largish project including multiple applications and am trying to build a static library along with one of my applications for inclusion in several of the other applications. I followed the tutorial provided at…
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Should (and how to do it) include paths be collapsed in configure script?

In my configure/configure.ac, I do multiple PKG_CHECK_MODULES calls. Most of them return the same -I path:-I/usr/local/include, and also the same -L path: -L/usr/local/lib. I would say that -I path doesn't do any difference, because gcc compiles one…
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best practice for building with/out included libraries

a project ships with a copy of library foo, in a filesystem layout like: myproject/ myproject/src/ # sources of my project myproject/libfoo/ # import of "foo" library the standard (autotools-based) build-system builds libfoo, then builds myproject…
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Adding GLib to an existing application with gnu toolchain (configure, Makefile, etc.)

I've added code to an existing large application and need to make GLib a requirement, as my code relies on it. For development, I just manually edited the Makefile to add -lglib-2.0 To the LIBS= variable and -I/usr/include/glib-2.0…
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Where are autoconf macros defined?

The standard ones, like AC_PROG_AWK. I looked in the docs, but couldn't find them. Any help or link would be truly appreciated!
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Tint2 Compilation

I'm on a network where I don't have root access, so everything I install is under a prefix ~/bin (actually referenced by its full path). So I have openbox working fine, which is what I'm using to send this from. Imlib2 I do ./configure…
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how to check return value of shell cmd in autotools configure

I would like to run a shell command during the configure process- if the return value of this operation is 0, I would like to use it. Otherwise, I want to exit with error message. I wrote something like this: LOC=$(perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e perl_inc…
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libtool deleted by 'make distclean'

I've copied libtool into my program's source tree to distribute it with the program. But when I run 'make distclean' libtool is deleted with the rest of the rest of the generated files. How do I stop that from happening? I tried putting EXTRA_DIST…
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Shell variables as autoconf macro input

I need to check for Erlang libraries on my configure.ac but the list of erlang apps is on a separate file, and I have to run a program to extract that list. Normally, I can do this: AC_ERLANG_CHECK_LIB([app1]) AC_ERLANG_CHECK_LIB([app2]) However,…
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tar a .tgz but autoconf doesn't configure properly

Using Ubuntu, have the file clhep-2.1.2.4.tgz The instructions say to "unwind the source code tar ball and autoconf and automake will already have been run." it then says to do the standard "/configure --prefix=[path]", "make", "make install"... So…
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