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2.4 A Small Hello World
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In this section we recreate the 'amhello-1.0' package from scratch.  The
first subsection shows how to call the Autotools to instantiate the GNU
Build System, while the second explains the meaning of the
'configure.ac' and 'Makefile.am' files read by the Autotools.

Creating amhello

Create 'amhello-1.0.tar.gz' from scratch

amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained

amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained