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Everything about Autoconf
Autotools configure script generator
GNU Autoconf is a software development tool for generating a configure script that in turn generates files for building a codebase and for packaging or installing the resulting files. Autoconf is part of the GNU Build System – along with Automake, Libtool, Autoheader and other tools. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: AutoconfA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: GNU Autoconf, Automake, and LibtoolThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: AutoConf: New Algorithm for Reconfiguration of Cyber-Physical Production SystemsCited 14 times
- Go sideways: GNU AutotoolsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: AutomakeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
GNU Autoconf, Automake, and LibtoolTom Tromey, Gary V. Vaughan · 2000
AutotoolsJohn Calcote · 2009- 📕AutoconfDavid Mackenzie, Ben Elliston · 2006
- 📕AutotoolsJohn Calcote · 2010
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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