Autotools: A Practitioner's Guide To GNU Autoconf, Automake, And Libtool - Brossura

Calcote, John

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ISBN 10: 1593272065 ISBN 13: 9781593272067

Casa editrice: No Starch Pr, 2010

Riassunto

The GNU Autotools make it easy for developers to create software that is portable across many Unix-like operating systems. Although the Autotools are used by thousands of open source software packages, they have a notoriously steep learning curve. And good luck to the beginner who wants to find anything beyond a basic reference work online.

Autotools Autotools is the first book to offer programmers a tutorial-based guide to the GNU build system. Author John Calcote begins with an overview of high-level concepts and a quick hands-on tour of the philosophy and design of the Autotools. He then tackles more advanced details, like using the M4 macro processor with Autoconf, extending the framework provided by Automake, and building Java and C# sources. He concludes the book with detailed solutions to the most frequent problems encountered by first-time Autotools users.

You'll learn how to:

• Master the Autotools build system to maximize your software's portability
• Generate Autoconf configuration scripts to simplify the compilation process
• Produce portable makefiles with Automake
• Build cross-platform software libraries with Libtool
• Write your own Autoconf macros

Autotools focuses on two projects: Jupiter, a simple "Hello, world!" program, and FLAIM, an existing, complex open source effort containing four separate but interdependent subprojects. Follow along as the author takes Jupiter's build system from a basic makefile to a full-fledged Autotools project, and then as he converts the FLAIM projects from complex hand-coded makefiles to the powerful and flexible GNU build system.

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Informazioni sull?autore

John Calcote is a Senior Software Engineer and Architect at Novell, Inc. He's been writing and developing portable networking and system-level software for nearly 20 years and is active in developing, debugging, and analyzing diverse open source software packages. He is currently a project administrator of the OpenSLP, OpenXDAS, and DNX projects (open source software available at http://www.sourceforge.net), as well as the Novell-sponsored FLAIM database project (open source software available at http://developer.novell.com).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: No Starch Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1593272065
• ISBN 13: 9781593272067
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 332
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile