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Autotools: An Overview Prominent Systems Overview Prominent Systems make bjam, SCons, Waf autotools CMake, gyp, premake Prominent Systems Many IDEs: Visual Studio, Eclipse, Netbeans, ... 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson • build your own systems Overview • less well known and supported Autotools make • many similar flaws autoconf automake bjam, SCons, Waf { speed pkg-config autotools { complexity Final Words { systems supported CMake, gyp, premake Many IDEs: Visual Studio, Eclipse, Netbeans, ... Autotools: An Overview Prominent Systems Overview Prominent Systems make bjam, SCons, Waf autotools CMake, gyp, premake Prominent Systems Many IDEs: Visual Studio, Eclipse, Netbeans, ... 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson Overview Autotools autoconf make automake bjam, SCons, Waf pkg-config autotools Final Words CMake, gyp, premake Many IDEs: Visual Studio, Eclipse, Netbeans, ... 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Autotools: An Overview Why autotools Overview Why autotools Features for downstream VPATH, DESTDIR, standard targets, config.site, cross compilation, ... Portability Why autotools Just works: configure && make && make install 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson • More platforms than you have access to Overview • Will just work everywhere, solved problems already Autotools autoconf Features for downstream automake VPATH, DESTDIR, standard targets, config.site, cross pkg-config compilation, ... Final Words Portability Just works: configure && make && make install Autotools: An Overview Why autotools Overview Why autotools Features for downstream VPATH, DESTDIR, standard targets, config.site, cross compilation, ... Portability Why autotools Just works: configure && make && make install 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson • More platforms than you have access to Overview • Will just work everywhere, solved problems already Autotools autoconf Features for downstream automake VPATH, DESTDIR, standard targets, config.site, cross pkg-config compilation, ... Final Words Portability Just works: configure && make && make install Autotools: An Overview Why autotools Overview Why autotools Features for downstream VPATH, DESTDIR, standard targets, config.site, cross compilation, ... Portability Why autotools Just works: configure && make && make install 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson • More platforms than you have access to Overview • Will just work everywhere, solved problems already Autotools autoconf Features for downstream automake VPATH, DESTDIR, standard targets, config.site, cross pkg-config compilation, ... Final Words Portability Just works: configure && make && make install Autotools: An Overview Why not autotools Overview Why not autotools Targets UNIX systems Error prone in IDE heavy development Why not autotools Archaic toolsets 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson • Windows support is possible, but painful. Overview • IDE integration is error prone, manual syncing is common Autotools • 70s tools autoconf automake Targets UNIX systems • 90s framework pkg-config Error prone in IDE heavy development • What Year Is It Final Words Archaic toolsets Autotools: An Overview Why not autotools Overview Why not autotools Targets UNIX systems Error prone in IDE heavy development Why not autotools Archaic toolsets 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson • Windows support is possible, but painful. Overview • IDE integration is error prone, manual syncing is common Autotools • 70s tools autoconf automake Targets UNIX systems • 90s framework pkg-config Error prone in IDE heavy development • What Year Is It Final Words Archaic toolsets Autotools: An Overview Why not autotools Overview Why not autotools Targets UNIX systems Error prone in IDE heavy development Why not autotools Archaic toolsets 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson • Windows support is possible, but painful. 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Autotools autoconf UNIX focused automake Extreme portability pkg-config Final Words Probe, don't ask Convention Autotools: An Overview Language Support Autotools Language Support Primarily geared towards systems languages. C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran lex, yacc Erlang Language Support Lisp, Python, Java 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson • Java via gcj Overview • Scripts more suited to own tools Autotools Primarily geared towards systems languages. • Erlang... autoconf automake C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran pkg-config lex, yacc Final Words Erlang Lisp, Python, Java Autotools: An Overview Language Support Autotools Language Support Primarily geared towards systems languages. C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran lex, yacc Erlang Language Support Lisp, Python, Java 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson • Java via gcj Overview • Scripts more suited to own tools Autotools Primarily geared towards systems languages. • Erlang... autoconf automake C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran pkg-config lex, yacc Final Words Erlang Lisp, Python, Java Autotools: An Overview Language Support Autotools Language Support Primarily geared towards systems languages. C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran lex, yacc Erlang Language Support Lisp, Python, Java 2014-09-24 Autotools: An Overview Danny Robson • Java via gcj Overview • Scripts more