Re: Beginning Linux Programming(THANK YOU)
On Sunday 15 June 2003 20:53, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Tinus wrote:
> > Kevin wrote:
> > > Tinus wrote:
> > > > Can somebody advise a tutorial for the make/configure part? The
> > > > programming C part I already have covered.
> > >
> > > I believe the make/configure process is generally known as autoconf;
> > > googling for "GNU autoconf" gets many hits, at least one of which is a
> > > tutorial.
> >
> > Thanx for the advice. Really got scared when I quicly browser thourgh
> > kpopup's configure file, counted 25000+ lines just to compile!!! ;-)
> >
> :-) chuckle, chuckle. No need to be worried about that. The
>
> configure script is a machine generated file. Machine generated files
> are rarely fun to look at. The configure.ac file is the input file.
> The .ac part for autoconf.
>
> This is the book you want to learn about autoconf, automake and
> libtool which together are known as the autotools. The book is
> available both as a browsable online version and as a physical paper
> version.
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/
>
> The autotools can be installed on Debian easily.
>
> apt-get install autoconf automake
>
> There is also another template based project generator called
> autoproject. I can't say as I like the output which is generated from
> a stylistic viewpoint. But 'autoproject' is a way to get a full
> project directory going quickly. With that disclaimer you might want
> to give it a test drive.
>
> Bob
For a direct approach, consider these:
GNU Make
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html
This book is not free. It is compact and useful.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/make2/
--
Mike Mueller
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