For installation instructions see the Section called Installing Automake-1.7.6 in Chapter 6.
Automake (1.7.6):
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
(Last checked against version 1.6.2.)
Automake generates Makefile.in files, intended for use with Autoconf.
Automake installs the following:
acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-1.6, automake, automake-1.6, compile, config.guess, config.sub, depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs, py-compile, ylwrap
(Last checked against version 1.6.2.)
acinstall is a script that installs aclocal-style M4 files.
aclocal generates aclocal.m4 files based on the contents of configure.in files.
automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in's from files called Makefile.am. To create all the Makefile.in files for a package, run this program in the top level directory. By scanning the configure.ins it automatically finds each appropriate Makefile.am and generate the corresponding Makefile.in.
compile is a wrapper for compilers.
config.guess is a script that attempts to guess the canonical triplet for the given build, host, or target architecture.
config.sub is a configuration validation subroutine script.
depcomp is a script for compiling a program so that not only the desired output is generated but also dependency information.
elisp-comp byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code.
install-sh is a script that installs a program, a script, or a datafile.
mdate-sh is a script that prints the modification time of a file or directory.
missing is a script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs during an installation.
mkinstalldirs is a script that creates a directory tree.
py-compile compiles a Python program.
ylwrap is a wrapper for lex and yacc.
(Last checked against version 1.5.)
Bash: sh
Coreutils: cat, chmod, echo, expr, hostname, install, ls, mkdir,
mv, rm, rmdir, sleep, tr
Diffutils: cmp
Grep: fgrep, grep
Make: make
Perl: perl
Sed: sed
Texinfo: install-info