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Use autotools with README.md

I'm using autotools for a libraries hosted on GitHub. Instead of using an ordinary README text file, I want to use README.md. When running automake, I get the following error Makefile.am: required file `./README' not found Is it possible to tell…
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Possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL

I want to build protobuf, so I just cloned the package and cd in the directory. When I type ./autogen.sh, some error happened. I receive callback: configure.ac:104: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL If this token and others are…
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How can I use Google Test with my project that builds via autotools?

It seems like there are a few answers that kind-of, sort-of make sense, but that I don't know how to carry out. And I haven't found a comprehensive answer. The First Problem Google Test should not be an installed library, it should be built with the…
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Difference between autoconf and autoreconf

I'm trying to learn how to use autotools and I can't seem to find a good beginner-friendly answer to this question. What's the difference between autoconf and autoreconf.
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Build Apple Silicon binary on Intel machine

How can I compile a C project on macOS 11 (Intel) to work on Silicon? My current build script is as simple as: ./configure make sudo make install I've tried using the --host and --target flags with aarch64-apple-darwin and arm-apple-darwin without…
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Can't run Makefile.am, what should I do?

I got a C project to compile and run in Linux. It is a very big project with many subdirectories. Inside the parent directory there are files Makefile.am and Makefile.in. I tried running make -f Makefile.am, and got the following error: make:…
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Autotools check for C++11

I use AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_0X(can look on autoconf-archive) to check for c++11 capabilities of the compiler. It correctly determines that -std=c++0x required, but does not add it to CXXFLAGS. I took a look at the macro source and it actually checks…
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Howto add a link to a library in autoconf configure script / makefile

I am an autotools newb and I have difficulties figuring out howto easily link a specific library into one of the configured targets. I have a source package that I want to build the usual way: ./configure && make && make install Unfortunately one of…
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how to set include paths with autotools

I'm working on a C++ project that uses autoconf & automake, and I'm struggling to correctly set up the include paths in *CPPFLAGS. I've read about 3 hours worth of documents, and I can't figure it out yet. I'm not looking for a hack, but for the…
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Why is "autoreconf" not used often?

I am newbie of Autotools. From my understanding, one would use the following basic steps to build software using Autotools: autoreconf --install ./configure make However, I noticed that most open source software packages (on Linux) does not need…
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Can CMake generate a configure file?

I need the configure file to transpile from C++ to JS, I'm trying to use emscripten in a project. Emscripten comes with a tool called emconfigure, that replaces the autoconf configure, But the project I'm building uses cmake as build system and…
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Autotools : how to set global compilation flag

I have a project with several sources directories : src/A /B /C In each, the Makefile.am contains AM_CXXFLAGS = -fPIC -Wall -Wextra How can avoid repeating this in each source folder ? I tried to modifiy src/Makefile.am and the…
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How to create a 32-bit shared-library on a 64-bit platform with autotools

I'm using autotools to build my system, which consists primarily of a library. On 64-bit Red Hat platforms, I need to be able to produce a library capable of working on 32-bit Red Hat platforms. When I add -m32 to the compile lines everything works…
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Building .so module with autotools/libtool without .la and .a variants being installed

How to build and install a .so module with autotools/libtool without .la and .a libraries being also installed into --prefix path? Currently i am using following Makefile.am: lib_LTLIBRARIES = libCurlDownloader.la libCurlDownloader_la_SOURCES =…
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How to check header files and library functions in CMake like it is done in Autotools?

I'm currently converting a small C project from autotools to CMake. In the old configure.in I checked every header and library function for existence using the following lines: # Checks for header files AC_HEADER_STDC AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdlib.h…
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