source: final-system/common/autoconf.xml@ 0ee0247

Last change on this file since 0ee0247 was 0f06076, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r3371@server (orig r1554): chris | 2006-05-10 14:03:44 -0700
Removed dependency info from individual package instructions

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