autosetup is a tool, similar to autoconf, to configure a build system for the appropriate environment, according to the system capabilities and the user configuration.
autosetup is designed to be light-weight, fast, simple and flexible.
Notable features include:
- Easily check for headers, functions, types for C/C++
- Easily support user configuration options
- Can generate files based on templates, such as Makefile.in => Makefile
- Can generate header files based on checked features
- Excellent support for cross compilation
- Replacement for autoconf in many situations
- Runs with either Tcl 8.5+, Jim Tcl or just a C compiler (using the included Jim Tcl source code!)
- autosetup is intended to be distributed with projects - no version issues
autosetup is particularly targeted towards building C/C++ applications on Unix systems, however it can be extended for other environments as needed.
autosetup is not:
- A build system
- A replacement for automake
- Intended to replace all possible uses of autoconf
Try: ./autosetup --help or ./autosetup --reference
Or view the manual on github at:
https://msteveb.github.io/autosetup/
To install autosetup into your project, 'cd' to the top level of your project and run:
<path-to-autosetup>/autosetup --install
Once autosetup is installed, create auto.def, run:
./configure
To migrate an autoconf-enabled project to autosetup:
<path-to-autosetup>/migrate-autoconf
