I would like the see improvements to configure / automake. These tools already allow you to control where the program will be installed "configure --prefix=$HO

I would like the see improvements to configure / automake. These tools already allow you to control where the program will be installed "configure --prefix=$HOME". They also generate an uninstaller: "make uninstall". But they are missing dependency resolution. I should be able to say: "sudo make depends" to install all missing libraries for the system I'm on, for example run the "apt-get install libexpat-dev" or whatever if I'm on Ubuntu.