If you want to get started with autotools, try to build yourself a minimal autotools project. Once you have a working stub, you already took the biggest hurdle.

If you want to get started with autotools, try to build yourself a minimal autotools project. Once you have a working stub, you already took the biggest hurdle. You only need to focus on two files: configure.ac, where you check for features, and Makefile.am, where you list your build targets and their sources. You can also write normal Makefile rules there. After editing these files, run `autreconf -fi` to create/update the configure and Makefile script. Then run ./configure make to build your project. Have a look at Appendix A/Basic Autotoolization on the submitted website or checkout libabc by Poettering/Sievers: 1. https://autotools.io/whosafraid.html#idm117385102076160 https://autotools.io/whosafraid.html#idm117385102076160 2. http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/libabc.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/libabc.html