Automake - a simple example

refer to GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool (http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/download.html)


/* main.c */

#include "stdio.h"

int main(void)
{
  printf("hello world\n");
  return 0;
}

The smallest project requires the user to provide only two files.

'Makefile.am' is an input to automake. 
'configure.in' is an input to autoconf. 

Here is the 'Makefile.am': 

bin_PROGRAMS = hello
hello_SOURCES = main.c

Here is the 'configure.in'

dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
AC_INIT(main.c)
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(hello,1.0)
AC_PROG_CC
AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)


Then follow the steps below:

$ aclocal
$ autoconf       # we generate 'configure'


$ touch NEWS README AUTHORS ChangeLog
$ automake --add-missing  # Automake has now produced a `Makefile.in'

$ ./configure
$ make all

That is Okay!!!