AutoGen-5.16
Introduction to AutoGen
AutoGen is a tool designed to
simplify the creation and maintenance of programs that contain
large amounts of repetitious text. It is especially valuable in
programs that have several blocks of text that must be kept
synchronized.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0
platform.
Package Information
AutoGen Dependencies
Required
Guile-2.0.5 and libxml2-2.7.8
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/autogen
Installation of AutoGen
Install AutoGen by running the
following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make
To test the results, issue: make
check.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Command Explanations
--disable-static: This switch prevents
installation of static versions of the libraries.
Contents
Installed Programs:
autogen, autoopts-config, columns,
getdefs and xml2ag
Installed Library:
libopts.so
Installed Directories:
/usr/include/autoopts and
/usr/share/autogen
Short Descriptions
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autogen
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is designed for generating program files that contain
repetitive text with varied substitutions.
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autoopts-config
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is a tool that is used by configure to determine the
compiler and linker flags that should be used to compile
and link programs that use AutoOpts.
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columns
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is used to columnize input text.
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getdefs
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is used to extract AutoGen definitions from a list of
source files.
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xml2ag
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is used to convert any arbitrary XML file into equivalent
AutoGen definitions.
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libopts.so
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is an automated option processing library based on
AutoGen.
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Last updated on 2012-05-19 17:38:41 +0000