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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-autoconf" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="autoconf.html"?>
10
11  <title>Autoconf-&autoconf-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf">
14    <primary sortas="a-Autoconf">Autoconf</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
21    can automatically configure source code.</para>
22
23    <segmentedlist>
24      <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
25
26      <seglistitem>
27        <seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, and Sed</seg>
28      </seglistitem>
29    </segmentedlist>
30
31  </sect2>
32
33  <sect2 role="installation">
34    <title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
35
36    <para os="a">Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
37
38<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
39
40    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
41
42<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
43
44    <para os="e">To test the results, issue:
45    <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
46
47    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
48
49<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
50
51  </sect2>
52
53  <sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content">
54    <title>Contents of Autoconf</title>
55
56    <segmentedlist>
57      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
58
59      <seglistitem>
60        <seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate,
61        and ifnames</seg>
62      </seglistitem>
63    </segmentedlist>
64
65    <variablelist>
66      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
67      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
68      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
69
70      <varlistentry id="autoconf">
71        <term><command>autoconf</command></term>
72        <listitem>
73          <para>Produces shell scripts that automatically configure software
74          source code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems.
75          The configuration scripts it produces are independent&mdash;running
76          them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program.</para>
77          <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf">
78            <primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary>
79          </indexterm>
80        </listitem>
81      </varlistentry>
82
83      <varlistentry id="autoheader">
84        <term><command>autoheader</command> </term>
85        <listitem>
86          <para>A tool for creating template files of C
87          <emphasis>#define</emphasis> statements for configure to use</para>
88          <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader">
89            <primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary>
90          </indexterm>
91        </listitem>
92      </varlistentry>
93
94      <varlistentry id="autom4te">
95        <term><command>autom4te</command></term>
96        <listitem>
97          <para>A wrapper for the M4 macro processor</para>
98          <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te">
99            <primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary>
100          </indexterm>
101        </listitem>
102      </varlistentry>
103
104      <varlistentry id="autoreconf">
105        <term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
106        <listitem>
107          <para>Automatically runs <command>autoconf</command>,
108          <command>autoheader</command>, <command>aclocal</command>,
109          <command>automake</command>, <command>gettextize</command>, and
110          <command>libtoolize</command> in the correct order to save time
111          when changes are made to <command>autoconf</command> and
112          <command>automake</command> template files</para>
113          <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf">
114            <primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary>
115          </indexterm>
116        </listitem>
117      </varlistentry>
118
119      <varlistentry id="autoscan">
120        <term><command>autoscan</command> </term>
121        <listitem>
122          <para>Helps to create a <filename>configure.in</filename> file for a
123          software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree,
124          searching them for common portability issues, and creates a
125          <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as as a
126          preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> file for the package</para>
127          <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan">
128            <primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary>
129          </indexterm>
130        </listitem>
131      </varlistentry>
132
133      <varlistentry id="autoupdate">
134        <term><command>autoupdate</command></term>
135        <listitem>
136          <para>Modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still
137          calls <command>autoconf</command> macros by their old names to use the
138          current macro names</para>
139          <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate">
140            <primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary>
141          </indexterm>
142        </listitem>
143      </varlistentry>
144
145      <varlistentry id="ifnames">
146        <term><command>ifnames</command> </term>
147        <listitem>
148          <para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
149          for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package
150          uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set
151          up to have some portability, this program can help determine what
152          <command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
153          gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
154          <command>autoscan</command></para>
155          <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames">
156            <primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary>
157          </indexterm>
158        </listitem>
159      </varlistentry>
160
161    </variablelist>
162
163  </sect2>
164
165</sect1>
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