Linux From Scratch - Version r12.1-75

Chapter 8. Installing Basic System Software

8.47. Automake-1.16.5

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

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU (about 1.6 SBU with tests)
Required disk space: 115 MB

8.47.1. Installation of Automake

Prepare Automake for compilation: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/automake-1.16.5

Compile the package: 

make

Using four parallel jobs speeds up the tests, even on systems with less logical cores, due to internal delays in individual tests. To test the results, issue: 

make -j$(($(nproc)>4?$(nproc):4)) check

Replace $((...)) with the number of logical cores you want to use if you don't want to use all.

Out of 2926 tests, 52 are known to fail due to incompatibilities in the test scripts with gcc-14.1 or later.

Install the package: 

make install

8.47.2. Contents of Automake

Installed programs: aclocal, aclocal-1.16 (hard linked with aclocal), automake, and automake-1.16 (hard linked with automake)
Installed directories: /usr/share/aclocal-1.16, /usr/share/automake-1.16, and /usr/share/doc/automake-1.16.5

Short Descriptions

aclocal

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

aclocal-1.16

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-1.16

A hard link to automake