Projects

GNU Make

Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.

GNU Autoconf

GNU Autoconf is part of the GNU Build System. GNU Autoconf is a heavily used portability-enabling tool for UNIX-like systems, especially in free software projects. It is a compiler for a domain-specific-language for describing library, header, and function dependencies of a project. It ... [More] generates a shell script that can be run before building a package to customize the build to the system. [Less]

GNU binutils

The GNU linker and related programs and libraries: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, ranlib, strip, libbfd. You depend on this utterly.

GNU Automake

GNU Automake is a part of the GNU build system, along with GNU Autoconf and GNU Libtool. GNU Automake is a tool to create portable makefiles to manage the building and distribution of source code projects.

GNU Libtool

GNU Libtool hides the complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable interface. GNU Libtool ships with GNU libltdl, which hides the complexity of loading dynamic runtime libraries (modules) behind a consistent, portable interface.

pkg-config

pkg-config is a helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries. It helps you insert the correct compiler options on the command line so an application can use gcc -o test test.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags glib-2.0` for instance, rather than hard-coding values on where to find glib (or ... [More] other libraries). It is language-agnostic, so it can be used for defining the location of documentation tools, for instance. [Less]

gnulib

This is a collection of many files that GNU and other free software projects can use to achieve cross platform portability, and reduce code duplication. There is no distribution tarball; developers should just grab source files from the repository.

GNU Autoconf Archive

The GNU Autoconf Archive is a collection of more than 450 macros for GNU Autoconf that have been contributed as free software by friendly supporters of the cause from all over the Internet. Every single one of those macros can be re-used without imposing any restrictions whatsoever on the licensing ... [More] of the generated configure script. In particular, it is possible to use all those macros in configure scripts that are meant for non-free software. [Less]