GNU Automake

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GNU Project software build automation tool free software

GNU Automake is a build system tool that automatically generates portable Makefiles for software packages, following GNU coding and packaging standards.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
GNU Automake canonical	7
Automake	4
Makefile.in	2
GNU Build System	1
GNU packaging standards	1
Makefile.am	1
automake	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	GNU Project software ⓘ build automation tool ⓘ free software ⓘ
designGoal	portability across many Unix-like systems ⓘ reduce manual Makefile maintenance ⓘ
developer	Free Software Foundation ⓘ GNU Project ⓘ
distributionFormat	source code tarballs ⓘ
feature	automatic dependency tracking ⓘ integration with Libtool ⓘ support for VPATH builds ⓘ support for building documentation ⓘ support for building libraries and programs ⓘ support for building test suites ⓘ support for conditional builds ⓘ support for different installation directories ⓘ support for internationalization files ⓘ support for parallel builds ⓘ
followsStandard	GNU coding standards ⓘ GNU Automake self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GNU packaging standards
genre	build system ⓘ software development tool ⓘ
goal	to generate portable Makefiles ⓘ to simplify build system maintenance ⓘ
inputFormat	GNU Automake self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Makefile.am
license	GNU General Public License ⓘ
name	GNU Automake self-link ⓘ
operatingSystem	BSD ⓘ GNU/Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ
partOf	GNU build system ⓘ
primaryOutput	Makefile.in files ⓘ
programmingLanguage	Perl ⓘ
requires	Perl interpreter at build time ⓘ
shortName	GNU Automake self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Automake
supportsLanguage	C ⓘ C++ ⓘ Fortran ⓘ Java ⓘ Objective-C ⓘ Python ⓘ other compiled languages via custom rules ⓘ
typicalWorkflowStep	run aclocal to generate aclocal.m4 ⓘ run autoconf to generate configure script ⓘ run automake to generate Makefile.in ⓘ run configure to generate Makefile ⓘ
usesWith	GNU Autoconf ⓘ
website	https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GNU Project → hasPart → GNU Automake ⓘ

GNU toolchain → includes → GNU Automake ⓘ

GNU Autoconf → partOf → GNU Automake ⓘ

this entity surface form: GNU Build System

GNU Autoconf → worksWith → GNU Automake ⓘ

GNU Automake → name → GNU Automake self-link ⓘ

GNU Automake → shortName → GNU Automake self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Automake

GNU Automake → inputFormat → GNU Automake self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makefile.am

GNU Automake → followsStandard → GNU Automake self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GNU packaging standards

GNU libtool → uses → GNU Automake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Automake

GNU libtool → usedWith → GNU Automake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makefile.in

M4 macro processor → usedWith → GNU Automake ⓘ

this entity surface form: automake

Imake in many projects → replacedBy → GNU Automake ⓘ

subject surface form: Imake

GNU Autotools → component → GNU Automake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Automake

GNU Autotools → typicalOutput → GNU Automake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makefile.in

M4 → usedBy → GNU Automake ⓘ

M4 → relatedTo → GNU Automake ⓘ

GNU Gnulib → buildIntegration → GNU Automake ⓘ

this entity surface form: Automake