In case anyone wants to know, this is my go-to recommendation for "getting started": http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/

In case anyone wants to know, this is my go-to recommendation for "getting started": http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html . Extremely thorough, and shows how all the different pieces work together. I'd read it anyway, even though you've got started. It's very, very good. I've also found Diego Pettenò's "Autotools Mythbuster" to be quite good: http://www.flameeyes.eu/autotools-mythbuster/index.html http://www.flameeyes.eu/autotools-mythbuster/index.html . His old article "Best practices with autotools" isn't bad, but a little light: http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/114061 http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/114061 You may also want to browse the autoconf and automake tags of Diego's blog: http://blog.flameeyes.eu/tag/autoconf http://blog.flameeyes.eu/tag/autoconf and http://blog.flameeyes.eu/tag/automake http://blog.flameeyes.eu/tag/automake A thorough reading of the autoconf and automake manuals also points out common pitfalls.