Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch - Version GIT-20170803-MIPS64-Multilib

Chapter 10. Installing Basic System Software

10.79. Automake-1.15

The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf.

10.79.1. Installation of Automake

Apply the following patch to fix outdated syntax that is no longer recognized by Perl-5.26.0. 

patch -Np1 -i ../automake-1.15-perl_5_26-1.patch

Prepare Automake for compilation: 

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" \
./configure \
    --prefix=/usr \
    --docdir=/usr/share/doc/automake-1.15

Compile the package: 

make

To test the results, issue: 

make check

Install the package: 

make install

10.79.2. Contents of Automake

Installed programs: aclocal, aclocal-1.15, automake, automake-1.15, compile, config.guess, config.sub, depcomp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs, py-compile, symlink-tree, ylwrap
Installed directories: /usr/share/aclocal-1.15, /usr/share/automake-1.15, /usr/share/doc/automake

Short Descriptions

aclocal

Generates aclocal.m4 files based on the contents of configure.in files

aclocal-1.15

A hard link to aclocal

automake

A tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files from Makefile.am files. To create all the Makefile.in files for a package, run this program in the top-level directory. By scanning the configure.in file, it automatically finds each appropriate Makefile.am file and generates the corresponding Makefile.in file

automake-1.15

A hard link to automake

compile

A wrapper for compilers

config.guess

A script that attempts to guess the canonical triplet for the given build, host, or target architecture

config.sub

A configuration validation subroutine script

depcomp

A script for compiling a program so that dependency information is generated in addition to the desired output

install-sh

A script that installs a program, script, or data file

mdate-sh

A script that prints the modification time of a file or directory

missing

A script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs during an installation

mkinstalldirs

A script that creates a directory tree

py-compile

Compiles a Python program

symlink-tree

A script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree

ylwrap

A wrapper for lex and yacc