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Automake

Automake
Developer(s)GNU Project
Initial releaseMay 28, 1996 (1996-05-28)
Stable release
1.17[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 11 July 2024 (11 July 2024)
Repository
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeProgramming tool
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitewww.gnu.org/software/automake/ Edit this at Wikidata

In software development, GNU Automake is a programming tool to automate parts of the compilation process. It eases usual compilation problems. For example, it points to needed dependencies.

It automatically generates one or more Makefile.in from files called Makefile.am. Each Makefile.am contains, among other things, useful variable definitions for the compiled software, such as compiler and linker flags, dependencies and their versions, etc. The generated "Makefile.in"s are portable and compliant with the Makefile conventions in the GNU Coding Standards, and may be used by configure scripts to generate a working Makefile.[2]

The Free Software Foundation maintains automake as one of the GNU programs, and as part of the GNU build system. It is used to build several GNU applications and libraries, such as GTK,[3] as well as non-GNU software such as XCircuit.[4]

  1. ^ Jim Meyering (11 July 2024). "automake-1.17 released [stable]". Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ "GNU Automake". GNU. Free Software Foundation. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  3. ^ "Compiling the GTK+ libraries". Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  4. ^ "XCircuit Compile and Install". Retrieved 2024-04-26.

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